diff --git a/bin/fuma-gencode-gtf-to-bed b/bin/fuma-gencode-gtf-to-bed
index b8eff79..c40ca77 100755
--- a/bin/fuma-gencode-gtf-to-bed
+++ b/bin/fuma-gencode-gtf-to-bed
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ def attribute_to_dict(line):
 		if not entry:
 			continue
 		# value can contain spaces
-		key, *value = entry.split()
-		# Put spaces back into value
-		value = ' '.join(value)
+		key, value = entry.split(maxsplit=1)
+		# value can contain quotes
 		data[key] = value.replace('"','')
 	return data