diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh
index 9ccb26a92..6cf7cf7b2 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Correct services to start as user pi
-birdnet_services="$()"
-for file in $(ls "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service | xargs basename -a) livestream.service chart_viewer.service chart_viewer.service spectrogram_viewer.service; do
+for file in $(find "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service -print0 | xargs -0 basename -a) livestream.service chart_viewer.service chart_viewer.service spectrogram_viewer.service; do
     sed -i "s|ExecStart=|ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudo -u pi |g" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/$file"
 done