diff --git a/docs/docs/guidelines/custom-component.mdx b/docs/docs/guidelines/custom-component.mdx
index 816f8356b..4f18d0375 100644
--- a/docs/docs/guidelines/custom-component.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/guidelines/custom-component.mdx
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Your structure should look something like this:
 The recommended way to load custom components is to set the _`LANGFLOW_COMPONENTS_PATH`_ environment variable to the path of your custom components directory. Then, run the Langflow CLI as usual.
 
 ```bash
-export LANGFLOW_COMPONENTS_PATH=/path/to/components
+export LANGFLOW_COMPONENTS_PATH='["/path/to/components"]'
 langflow
 ```