diff --git a/lib/generators/shopify_app/install/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/shopify_app/install/install_generator.rb
index 9eddb3330..52a6a1519 100644
--- a/lib/generators/shopify_app/install/install_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/shopify_app/install/install_generator.rb
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@ class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
       include Rails::Generators::Migration
       source_root File.expand_path('../templates', __FILE__)
 
-      class_option :application_name, type: :string
+      class_option :application_name, type: :array
       class_option :api_key, type: :string, default: '<api_key>'
       class_option :secret, type: :string, default: '<secret>'
-      class_option :scope, type: :string, default: 'read_orders, read_products'
+      class_option :scope, type: :array, default: ['read_orders,', 'read_products']
       class_option :embedded, type: :string, default: 'true'
 
       def create_shopify_app_initializer
-        @application_name = options['application_name']
+        #
+        # enable users to provide options containing whitespace and strip them off 'double-quotes', if present.
+        #
+        @application_name = options['application_name'].join(' ').tr('"', '') if options['application_name']
         @api_key = options['api_key']
         @secret = options['secret']
-        @scope = options['scope']
+        @scope = options['scope'].join(' ').tr('"', '')
 
         template 'shopify_app.rb', 'config/initializers/shopify_app.rb'
       end
diff --git a/test/generators/install_generator_test.rb b/test/generators/install_generator_test.rb
index 9faf70371..30b513624 100644
--- a/test/generators/install_generator_test.rb
+++ b/test/generators/install_generator_test.rb
@@ -23,12 +23,23 @@ class InstallGeneratorTest < Rails::Generators::TestCase
   end
 
   test "creates the ShopifyApp initializer with args" do
-    run_generator %w(--application_name name --api_key key --secret shhhhh --scope read_orders,write_products)
+    run_generator %w(--application_name Test Name --api_key key --secret shhhhh --scope read_orders, write_products)
     assert_file "config/initializers/shopify_app.rb" do |shopify_app|
-      assert_match 'config.application_name = "name"', shopify_app
+      assert_match 'config.application_name = "Test Name"', shopify_app
       assert_match 'config.api_key = "key"', shopify_app
       assert_match 'config.secret = "shhhhh"', shopify_app
-      assert_match 'config.scope = "read_orders,write_products"', shopify_app
+      assert_match 'config.scope = "read_orders, write_products"', shopify_app
+      assert_match "config.embedded_app = true", shopify_app
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "creates the ShopifyApp initializer with double-quoted args" do
+    run_generator %w(--application_name "Test Name" --api_key key --secret shhhhh --scope "read_orders, write_products")
+    assert_file "config/initializers/shopify_app.rb" do |shopify_app|
+      assert_match 'config.application_name = "Test Name"', shopify_app
+      assert_match 'config.api_key = "key"', shopify_app
+      assert_match 'config.secret = "shhhhh"', shopify_app
+      assert_match 'config.scope = "read_orders, write_products"', shopify_app
       assert_match "config.embedded_app = true", shopify_app
     end
   end