diff --git a/scripts/get b/scripts/get
index f3b0810d684325b07f66644d67b6ee7476ef7092..012b99013f1c17831ec2c44e57d6084e42569459 100755
--- a/scripts/get
+++ b/scripts/get
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ runAsRoot() {
   local CMD="$*"
   
   if ! whoami | egrep -q '^root$'; then
-    CMD="sudo $*"
+    CMD="sudo $CMD"
   fi
   
   $CMD