diff --git a/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run b/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run
index 5ff63a6fd..b14f5ff30 100755
--- a/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run
+++ b/portainer_agent/rootfs/etc/services.d/portainer_agent/run
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ if bashio::config.has_value 'PORTAINER_AGENT_ARGS'; then
   read -r -a args <<<"$(bashio::config 'PORTAINER_AGENT_ARGS')"
 fi
 
-exec ./agent "${args[@]}"
+./agent "${args[@]}"