diff --git a/app/docker/helpers/containerHelper.js b/app/docker/helpers/containerHelper.js
index 1e5d45ff6..f683bf3ff 100644
--- a/app/docker/helpers/containerHelper.js
+++ b/app/docker/helpers/containerHelper.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ angular.module('portainer.docker')
   var helper = {};
 
   helper.commandStringToArray = function(command) {
-    return splitargs(command);
+    return splitargs(command, undefined, true);
   };
 
   helper.commandArrayToString = function(array) {