diff --git a/scripts/start-finalExec b/scripts/start-finalExec
index 1e96b12b31e..92284f5dd6d 100755
--- a/scripts/start-finalExec
+++ b/scripts/start-finalExec
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ elif [[ $SERVER =~ run.sh ]]; then
   if isTrue "${DEBUG_EXEC}"; then
     set -x
   fi
-  exec mc-server-runner "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" --shell bash "${SERVER}" "${EXTRA_ARGS}"
+  exec mc-server-runner "${mcServerRunnerArgs[@]}" --shell bash "${SERVER}" $EXTRA_ARGS
 else
   # If we have a bootstrap.txt file... feed that in to the server stdin
   if [ -f /data/bootstrap.txt ]; then