diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
index 813c5d3..eba18cd 100755
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ template `--`*(key: untyped) =
 
 template printIfLen(varName) =
   if varName.len != 0:
-    iniOut &= astToStr(varName) & ": \"" & varName & "\"\n"
+    iniOut &= astToStr(varName) & ": \"\"\"" & varName & "\"\"\"\n"
 
 template printSeqIfLen(varName) =
   if varName.len != 0:
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ proc onExit*() =
       for key, val in flags.pairs:
         output &= "\"" & key & "\": ["
         for v in val:
-          output &= "\"" & v & "\", "
+          let v = if v.len > 0 and v[0] == '"': strutils.unescape(v)
+                  else: v
+          output &= v.escape & ", "
         output = output[0 .. ^3] & "], "
       output = output[0 .. ^3] & "}, "
 
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
index 44d6b81..4002361 100755
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
@@ -57,22 +57,19 @@ proc getNimsFile(scriptName: string, options: Options): string =
     cacheDir = getTempDir() / "nimblecache"
     shash = $scriptName.parentDir().hash().abs()
     prjCacheDir = cacheDir / scriptName.splitFile().name & "_" & shash
+    nimscriptApiFile = cacheDir / "nimscriptapi.nim"
 
   result = prjCacheDir / scriptName.extractFilename().changeFileExt ".nims"
 
-proc setupNimscript(scriptName: string, options: Options) =
   let
-    cacheDir = getTempDir() / "nimblecache"
-    nimscriptApiFile = cacheDir / "nimscriptapi.nim"
-    nimsFile = getNimsFile(scriptName, options)
+    iniFile = result.changeFileExt(".ini")
 
-  let
     isNimscriptApiCached =
       nimscriptApiFile.fileExists() and nimscriptApiFile.getLastModificationTime() > 
       getAppFilename().getLastModificationTime()
     
     isScriptResultCached =
-      nimsFile.fileExists() and nimsFile.getLastModificationTime() >
+      isNimscriptApiCached and result.fileExists() and result.getLastModificationTime() >
       scriptName.getLastModificationTime()
 
   if not isNimscriptApiCached:
@@ -80,14 +77,15 @@ proc setupNimscript(scriptName: string, options: Options) =
     writeFile(nimscriptApiFile, nimscriptApi)
 
   if not isScriptResultCached:
-    createDir(nimsFile.parentDir())
-    writeFile(nimsFile, """
+    createDir(result.parentDir())
+    writeFile(result, """
 import system except getCommand, setCommand, switch, `--`,
   packageName, version, author, description, license, srcDir, binDir, backend,
   skipDirs, skipFiles, skipExt, installDirs, installFiles, installExt, bin, foreignDeps,
   requires, task, packageName
 """ &
       "import nimscriptapi, strutils\n" & scriptName.readFile() & "\nonExit()\n")
+    discard tryRemoveFile(iniFile)
 
 proc getIniFile*(scriptName: string, options: Options): string =
   let
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ proc getIniFile*(scriptName: string, options: Options): string =
       scriptName.getLastModificationTime()
 
   if not isIniResultCached:
-    setupNimscript(scriptName, options)
     let
       (output, exitCode) =
         execNimscript(nimsFile, scriptName.parentDir(), "printPkgInfo", options, live=false)
@@ -116,9 +113,6 @@ proc execScript(scriptName, actionName: string, options: Options):
   let
     nimsFile = getNimsFile(scriptName, options)
 
-  if not nimsFile.fileExists():
-    setupNimScript(scriptName, options)
-
   let
     (output, exitCode) = execNimscript(nimsFile, scriptName.parentDir(), actionName, options)
 
diff --git a/tests/nimscript/nimscript.nimble b/tests/nimscript/nimscript.nimble
index 4625abb..f27631a 100644
--- a/tests/nimscript/nimscript.nimble
+++ b/tests/nimscript/nimscript.nimble
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 version       = "0.1.0"
 author        = "Dominik Picheta"
-description   = "Test package"
+description   = """Test package
+with multi-line description
+"""
 license       = "BSD"
 
 bin = @["nimscript"]
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ task cr, "Testing `nimble c -r nimscript.nim` via setCommand":
 task repeated, "Testing `nimble c nimscript.nim` with repeated flags":
   --define: foo
   --define: bar
+  --define: "quoted"
+  --define: "quoted\\\"with\\\"quotes"
   setCommand "c", "nimscript.nim"
 
 task api, "Testing nimscriptapi module functionality":