diff --git a/playbooks/roles/zuul-scheduler/files/zuul-client b/playbooks/roles/zuul-scheduler/files/zuul-client
index dd5408ffc6..92302e260d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/zuul-scheduler/files/zuul-client
+++ b/playbooks/roles/zuul-scheduler/files/zuul-client
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-docker run --rm -it --network=host -v /root/.config/zuul:/root/.config/zuul zuul/zuul-client --use-config opendev $*
+docker run --rm -it --network=host -v /root/.config/zuul:/root/.config/zuul zuul/zuul-client --use-config opendev "$@"