diff --git a/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index e86e74987..6c1dcc84e 100644
--- a/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/webtop_kde/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ fi
 if bashio::config.has_value 'additional_apps'; then
   bashio::log.info "Installing additional apps :"
   # hadolint ignore=SC2005
-  for APP in $(echo "$(bashio::config 'additional_apps')" | tr "," " "); do
+  NEWAPPS=$(bashio::config 'additional_apps')
+  for APP in ${NEWAPPS//,/ }; do
     bashio::log.green "... $APP"
     # Test install with both apt-get and snap
     # hadolint ignore=SC2015
-    apt-get install -yqq "$APP" &>/dev/null || apk add --no-cache "$APP" &>/dev/null &&
+    (apt-get install -yqq "$APP" &>/dev/null || apk add --no-cache "$APP" &>/dev/null) &&
       bashio::log.green "... done" ||
       bashio::log.red "... not successful, please check package name"
   done