diff --git a/snippets/read_env_from_file.sh b/snippets/read_env_from_file.sh
index cd4ed38..2fb1384 100755
--- a/snippets/read_env_from_file.sh
+++ b/snippets/read_env_from_file.sh
@@ -40,8 +40,15 @@ trim() {
 
 trim_double_quotes() {
     local var="$*"
-    var="${var#"${var%%[!\"]*}"}"   # remove leading whitespace characters
-    var="${var%"${var##*[!\"]}"}"   # remove trailing whitespace characters
+    var="${var#"${var%%[!\"]*}"}"   # remove leading double quotes
+    var="${var%"${var##*[!\"]}"}"   # remove trailing double quotes
+    echo -n "$var"
+}
+
+trim_single_quotes() {
+    local var="$*"
+    var="${var#"${var%%[!\']*}"}"   # remove leading single quote
+    var="${var%"${var##*[!\']}"}"   # remove trailing single quote
     echo -n "$var"
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +73,12 @@ read_env_from_file() {
          # -
          _val="$(trim_double_quotes $_val)"
 
+         #  - Remove leading / trailling double quotes
+         # -    _val="${_val%\'}"
+         # -    _val="${_val#\'}"
+         # -
+         _val="$(trim_single_quotes $_val)"
+
          if [[ -n "$(trim $_key)" ]] && [[ -n "$(trim $_val)" ]] ; then
             export $_ENV
             #export $(eval echo $_ENV)