diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py
index c0cecb6d76..e3efd36a76 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-kf-mpi/flytekitplugins/kfmpi/task.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def get_command(self, settings: SerializationSettings) -> List[str]:
             self._MPI_BASE_COMMAND
             + ["-np", f"{num_procs}"]
             + ["python", settings.entrypoint_settings.path]
-            + cmd[1:]
+            + cmd
         )
         # the hostfile is set automatically by MPIOperator using env variable OMPI_MCA_orte_default_hostfile
         return mpi_cmd