diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli b/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli
index 43eb689f44c..d2ad4384c6d 100755
--- a/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/aztec-cli
@@ -145,13 +145,11 @@ fi
 
 DOCKER_VOLUME="$DOCKER_VOLUME -v cache:/cache"
 
-DOCKER_CMD="$DOCKER_PATH run \
+$DOCKER_PATH run \
   --rm \
   --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
-  --workdir \"$PWD\" \
+  --workdir "$PWD" \
   $DOCKER_HOST \
   $DOCKER_ENV \
   $DOCKER_VOLUME \
-  $CLI_IMAGE:$CLI_VERSION $@ $AZTEC_CLI_EXTRA_ARGS"
-
-eval "$DOCKER_CMD"
+  $CLI_IMAGE:$CLI_VERSION $@ $AZTEC_CLI_EXTRA_ARGS