diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/bittorrent/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/networking/bittorrent/builder.sh
index 2e643e6f311..65301732141 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/bittorrent/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/bittorrent/builder.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ mkdir $out/bin
 for i in $(cd $out/bin-orig && ls); do
   cat > $out/bin/$i <<EOF
 #! /bin/sh
-PYTHONPATH=$out/lib/python2.3/site-packages:$wxPython/lib/python2.3/site-packages exec $out/bin-orig/$i \$*
+IFS=
+PYTHONPATH=$out/lib/python2.3/site-packages:$wxPython/lib/python2.3/site-packages exec $out/bin-orig/$i \$@
 EOF
   chmod +x $out/bin/$i
 done
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