diff --git a/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim b/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim
index c5cd063a..87c3030f 100644
--- a/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ call ale#Set('julia_executable', 'julia')
 
 function! ale_linters#julia#languageserver#GetCommand(buffer) abort
     let l:julia_executable = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'julia_executable')
-    return ale#Escape(l:julia_executable . " --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
+    let l:cmd_string = 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'
+    return l:julia_executable . ' --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e ' . ale#Escape(l:cmd_string)
 endfunction
 
 call ale#linter#Define('julia', {
diff --git a/autoload/ale/julia.vim b/autoload/ale/julia.vim
index a650504c..f17c6596 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/julia.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/julia.vim
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
 " Description: Functions for integrating with Julia tools
 
 " Find the nearest dir contining a git project as julia project
-let g:__ale_julia_project_filenames = ['REQUIRE']
+let s:__ale_julia_project_filenames = ['REQUIRE']
 
 function! ale#julia#FindProjectRoot(buffer) abort
-    for l:project_filename in g:__ale_julia_project_filenames
+    for l:project_filename in s:__ale_julia_project_filenames
         let l:full_path = ale#path#FindNearestFile(a:buffer, l:project_filename)
 
         if !empty(l:full_path)
             let l:path = fnamemodify(l:full_path, ':p:h')
             return l:path
         endif
-
     endfor
-
     return ''
-
 endfunction
diff --git a/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader b/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader
index 163c9496..7f5edc40 100644
--- a/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader
+++ b/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ After:
   call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest()
 
 Execute(The default executable path should be correct):
-  AssertLinter 'julia', ale#Escape("julia" . " --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
+  AssertLinter 'julia', "julia --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'"
 
 Execute(The executable should be configurable):
   let g:ale_julia_executable = 'julia-new'
 
-  AssertLinter 'julia-new', ale#Escape("julia-new" . " --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
+  AssertLinter 'julia-new', "julia-new --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'"
 
 Execute(The project root should be detected correctly):
   AssertLSPProject ''