diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 2a9e847..0ff42a5 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ get_podman_volume_path () {
 }
 
 my_buildctl () {
-    opts=$(echo -n "'$@" | sed -e "s| |', '|g" ; echo -n "'")
+    opts=$(echo -n "$@")
     curl -sSLf https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/download/v0.9.3/buildkit-v0.9.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz |
 	tar xz --to-stdout bin/buildctl |
-	python3 -c "import ctypes, os;from sys import stdin;l = ctypes.CDLL(None);s = l.syscall;e = stdin.buffer.read();f = s(319, '', 1);os.write(f, e);p = '/proc/self/fd/%d' % f;os.execle(p, 'buildctl', ${opts}, {'PATH': '${PATH}'})"
+	python3 -c "import ctypes, os;from sys import stdin;l = ctypes.CDLL(None);s = l.syscall;e = stdin.buffer.read();f = s(319, '', 1);os.write(f, e);p = '/proc/self/fd/%d' % f;myargs='${opts}';os.execve(p, ['buildctl'] + myargs.split(), {'PATH': '${PATH}'})"
 }