diff --git a/data/helpers.d/config b/data/helpers.d/config
index 6f04eaa11..4ad52e038 100644
--- a/data/helpers.d/config
+++ b/data/helpers.d/config
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ for panel_name, panel in loaded_toml.items():
             print(';'.join([
                 name,
                 param.get('type', 'string'),
-                param.get('bind', 'settings' if param.get('type', 'string') != 'file' else '')
+                param.get('bind', 'settings' if param.get('type', 'string') != 'file' else 'null')
                 ]))
 EOL
 `
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ EOL
             then
                 ynh_die "File '${short_setting}' can't be stored in settings"
             fi
-            old[$short_setting]="$(ls $(echo $bind | sed s@__FINALPATH__@$final_path@ | sed s/__APP__/$app/) 2> /dev/null || echo YNH_NULL)"
+            old[$short_setting]="$(ls "$(echo $bind | sed s@__FINALPATH__@$final_path@ | sed s/__APP__/$app/)" 2> /dev/null || echo YNH_NULL)"
             file_hash[$short_setting]="true"
 
         # Get multiline text from settings or from a full file