[Podman] # in environment ?

Hi guys. Do you use # in your envs? I wonder if it's just me having issues with those. For a test, to reproduce the issue, 'ghost' web solution would be easy & quick: -> $ podman run -dt ...................... --env database__client=mysql --env database__connection__host=11.1.0.1 --env database__connection__user=ghostadm --env database__connection__password='xyz#admghost' --env database__connection__database=ghost_xyz --env url=https://ghost.xyz So far all I've tried with 'database__connection__password' failed, quoting &| escaping. I often use # - does anybody have a way to make it work? many thanks, L.