diff --git a/bin/start_eris_db b/bin/start_eris_db
index fd8cc17c4e3faf0cf5f2982db6f1cab8e6f7351f..6dc34b888f33e737ed40eb00978cd635551c56d0 100644
--- a/bin/start_eris_db
+++ b/bin/start_eris_db
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ case $CMD in
 	;;
 esac
 
-echo "running eris-db serve --debug $CONFIG_OPTS $@"
-eris-db serve --debug $CONFIG_OPTS $@
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+echo "running eris-db serve --debug $CONFIG_OPTS \"$@\""
+eris-db serve --debug $CONFIG_OPTS "$@"
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