diff --git a/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run b/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run
index 46c5c61a3..1ab83d129 100755
--- a/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run
+++ b/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bashio::log.info "Starting app"
 # Launch app
 cd /app || true
 if bashio::config.has_value 'PORTAINER_AGENT_ARGS'; then
-    ./agent "$PORTAINER_AGENT_ARGS"
+    ./agent $PORTAINER_AGENT_ARGS
 else
     ./agent
 fi