diff --git a/src/cmd.ts b/src/cmd.ts
index 8ea07e1..59baa27 100644
--- a/src/cmd.ts
+++ b/src/cmd.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { LogLevel, ScaffoldCmdConfig } from "./types"
 import { Scaffold } from "./scaffold"
 import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
-import { OptionsBase } from "massarg/types"
 import { parseAppendData } from "./utils"
 
 export async function parseCliArgs(args = process.argv.slice(2)) {
@@ -13,7 +12,11 @@ export async function parseCliArgs(args = process.argv.slice(2)) {
 
   return (
     massarg<ScaffoldCmdConfig>()
-      .main(Scaffold)
+      .main((config) => {
+        config.data = { ...config.data, ...config.appendData }
+        delete config.appendData
+        return Scaffold(config)
+      })
       .option({
         name: "name",
         aliases: ["n"],
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index b67a0d9..57896c9 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ export interface ScaffoldCmdConfig {
   output: string
   createSubFolder: boolean
   data?: Record<string, string>
+  appendData?: Record<string, string>
   overwrite: boolean
   quiet: boolean
   verbose: LogLevel
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 09ba584..3ca033c 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -389,5 +389,9 @@ export function parseAppendData(value: string, options: ScaffoldCmdConfig & Opti
   if (value.includes(":=") && !val.includes(":=")) {
     return { ...data, [key]: JSON.parse(val) }
   }
-  return { ...data, [key]: val }
+  return { ...data, [key]: isWrappedWithQuotes(val) ? val.substring(1, val.length - 1) : val }
+}
+
+function isWrappedWithQuotes(string: string): boolean {
+  return (string.startsWith('"') && string.endsWith('"')) || (string.startsWith("'") && string.endsWith("'"))
 }
diff --git a/tests/utils.test.ts b/tests/utils.test.ts
index 83f4cb8..437f05b 100644
--- a/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -116,5 +116,9 @@ describe("Utils", () => {
     test("overwrites existing value", () => {
       expect(parseAppendData("name:=123", blankCliConf)).toEqual({ name: 123 })
     })
+
+    test("works with quotes", () => {
+      expect(parseAppendData('key="value test"', blankCliConf)).toEqual({ key: "value test", name: "test" })
+    })
   })
 })