diff --git a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
index ef77f540..051ad500 100644
--- a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using namespace Hyprutils::OS;
 static std::string execAndGet(std::string cmd) {
     cmd += " 2>&1";
 
-    CProcess proc("/bin/sh", {cmd});
+    CProcess proc("/bin/sh", {"-c", cmd});
 
     if (!proc.runSync())
         return "error";
diff --git a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
index 75154796..7b4d63a7 100644
--- a/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ float vecToRectDistanceSquared(const Vector2D& vec, const Vector2D& p1, const Ve
 
 // Execute a shell command and get the output
 std::string execAndGet(const char* cmd) {
-    CProcess proc("/bin/sh", {cmd});
+    CProcess proc("/bin/sh", {"-c", cmd});
 
     if (!proc.runSync())
         return "error";