diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index f422eaa1f583f9808d1d510ac97968a994d1b8f8..0976d2bcdc226edf4e1ebae778867075cd35bbea 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'delete' ] ||
 	export VCSH_REPO_NAME="$2"
 	export GIT_DIR="$VCSH_BASE/$VCSH_REPO_NAME.git"
 	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'rename' ]         && export GIT_DIR_NEW="$VCSH_BASE/$3.git"
-	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'run' ] && shift 2 && export VCSH_EXTERNAL_COMMAND="$@"
+	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'run' ] && shift 2 && export VCSH_EXTERNAL_COMMAND="$*"
 	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'seed-gitignore' ]
 #	[ "$VCSH_COMMAND" = 'seed-gitignore' ] && export VCSH_COMMAND='seed_gitignore'
 elif [ "$1" = 'list' ]; then