diff --git a/cmd/kured/main.go b/cmd/kured/main.go
index 0597731..58df41e 100644
--- a/cmd/kured/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kured/main.go
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ func flagCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if slackHookURL != "" && notifyURL != "" {
 		log.Warnf("Cannot use both --notify-url and --slack-hook-url flags. Kured will use --notify-url flag only...")
 	}
-	if slackHookURL != "" {
+	if notifyURL != "" {
+		notifyURL = stripQuotes(notifyURL)
+	} else if slackHookURL != "" {
+		slackHookURL = stripQuotes(slackHookURL)
 		log.Warnf("Deprecated flag(s). Please use --notify-url flag instead.")
 		trataURL, err := url.Parse(slackHookURL)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -207,6 +210,19 @@ func flagCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// stripQuotes removes any literal single or double quote chars that surround a string
+func stripQuotes(str string) string {
+	if len(str) > 2 {
+		firstChar := str[0]
+		lastChar := str[len(str)-1]
+		if firstChar == lastChar && (firstChar == '"' || firstChar == '\'') {
+			return str[1 : len(str)-1]
+		}
+	}
+	// return the original string if it has a length of zero or one
+	return str
+}
+
 // bindViper initializes viper and binds command flags with environment variables
 func bindViper(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	v := viper.New()
diff --git a/cmd/kured/main_test.go b/cmd/kured/main_test.go
index 24e8efb..d6849c2 100644
--- a/cmd/kured/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kured/main_test.go
@@ -27,11 +27,86 @@ func Test_flagCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	var cmd *cobra.Command
 	var args []string
 	slackHookURL = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET"
+	expected := "slack://BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET"
 	flagCheck(cmd, args)
-	if notifyURL != "slack://BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET" {
-		t.Errorf("Slack URL Parsing is wrong: expecting %s  but got %s\n", "slack://BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET", notifyURL)
+	if notifyURL != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Slack URL Parsing is wrong: expecting %s  but got %s\n", expected, notifyURL)
+	}
+
+	// validate that surrounding quotes are stripped
+	slackHookURL = "\"https://hooks.slack.com/services/BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET\""
+	expected = "slack://BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET"
+	flagCheck(cmd, args)
+	if notifyURL != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Slack URL Parsing is wrong: expecting %s  but got %s\n", expected, notifyURL)
+	}
+	slackHookURL = "'https://hooks.slack.com/services/BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET'"
+	expected = "slack://BLABLABA12345/IAM931A0VERY/COMPLICATED711854TOKEN1SET"
+	flagCheck(cmd, args)
+	if notifyURL != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Slack URL Parsing is wrong: expecting %s  but got %s\n", expected, notifyURL)
+	}
+	slackHookURL = ""
+	notifyURL = "\"teams://79b4XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX@acd8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/204cXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/a1f8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX?host=XXXX.webhook.office.com\""
+	expected = "teams://79b4XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX@acd8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/204cXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/a1f8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX?host=XXXX.webhook.office.com"
+	flagCheck(cmd, args)
+	if notifyURL != expected {
+		t.Errorf("notifyURL Parsing is wrong: expecting %s  but got %s\n", expected, notifyURL)
+	}
+	notifyURL = "'teams://79b4XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX@acd8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/204cXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/a1f8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX?host=XXXX.webhook.office.com'"
+	expected = "teams://79b4XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX@acd8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/204cXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/a1f8XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX?host=XXXX.webhook.office.com"
+	flagCheck(cmd, args)
+	if notifyURL != expected {
+		t.Errorf("notifyURL Parsing is wrong: expecting %s  but got %s\n", expected, notifyURL)
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_stripQuotes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "string with no surrounding quotes is unchanged",
+			input:    "Hello, world!",
+			expected: "Hello, world!",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string with surrounding double quotes should strip quotes",
+			input:    "\"Hello, world!\"",
+			expected: "Hello, world!",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string with surrounding single quotes should strip quotes",
+			input:    "'Hello, world!'",
+			expected: "Hello, world!",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string with unbalanced surrounding quotes is unchanged",
+			input:    "'Hello, world!\"",
+			expected: "'Hello, world!\"",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string with length of one is unchanged",
+			input:    "'",
+			expected: "'",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "string with length of zero is unchanged",
+			input:    "",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := stripQuotes(tt.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.expected) {
+				t.Errorf("stripQuotes() = %v, expected %v", got, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_rebootBlocked(t *testing.T) {
 	noCheckers := []RebootBlocker{}
 	nonblockingChecker := BlockingChecker{blocking: false}