diff --git a/src/scripts/sbt b/src/scripts/sbt
index 502747d88..8e50f8f03 100755
--- a/src/scripts/sbt
+++ b/src/scripts/sbt
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ loadConfigFile() {
 [[ -f "$etc_sbt_opts_file" ]] && set -- $(loadConfigFile "$etc_sbt_opts_file") "$@"
 [[ -f "$sbt_opts_file" ]] && set -- $(loadConfigFile "$sbt_opts_file") "$@"
 
-run $@
+run "$@"