diff --git a/scripts/beesd.in b/scripts/beesd.in
index 765896e..174bb6c 100755
--- a/scripts/beesd.in
+++ b/scripts/beesd.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ help(){
     exec "$bees_bin" --help
 }
 
-for i in $("$bees_bin" --help 2>&1 | grep -E "--" | sed -e "s/^[^-]*-/-/" -e "s/,[^-]*--/ --/" -e "s/ [^-]*$//")
+for i in $("$bees_bin" --help 2>&1 | grep -E " --" | sed -e "s/^[^-]*-/-/" -e "s/,[^-]*--/ --/" -e "s/ [^-]*$//")
 do
    TMP_ARGS="$TMP_ARGS $i"
 done