diff --git a/run/run.sh b/run/run.sh
index 05d5fd0..7fcbf14 100755
--- a/run/run.sh
+++ b/run/run.sh
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ RAM_OPTS=$(echo "-m ${RAM_SIZE}" | sed 's/MB/M/g;s/GB/G/g;s/TB/T/g')
 CPU_OPTS="-smp ${CPU_CORES},sockets=1,cores=${CPU_CORES},threads=1"
 EXTRA_OPTS="-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0 -object rng-random,id=rng0,filename=/dev/urandom -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 ARGS="${DEF_OPTS} ${CPU_OPTS} ${RAM_OPTS} ${KVM_OPTS} ${MON_OPTS} ${SERIAL_OPTS} ${NET_OPTS} ${DISK_OPTS} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+IFS=' ' read -a ARG <<< "$ARGS"
 
 set -m
 (
-  "qemu-system-x86_64 ${ARGS}" & echo $! > "${_QEMU_PID}"
+  "qemu-system-x86_64 "${ARG[@]}" & echo $! > "${_QEMU_PID}"
 )
 set +m