diff --git a/contents/pods-run-script.py b/contents/pods-run-script.py
index 00d379c..eac773b 100644
--- a/contents/pods-run-script.py
+++ b/contents/pods-run-script.py
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ def main():
 
     if 'RD_CONFIG_ARGUMENTS' in os.environ:
         arguments = os.environ.get('RD_CONFIG_ARGUMENTS')
-        exec_command.append(arguments)
+        for arg in arguments.split(" "):
+            exec_command.append(arg)
 
     log.debug("running script %s", exec_command)