diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2b91a9..6270417 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+### Fixed
+- correct quoting of generated command
 
 ## [v0.17.0](https://github.com/stefanlogue/meteor/releases/tag/v0.17.0) - 2024-02-06
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/git.go b/git.go
index 3bbce53..ec3fd76 100644
--- a/git.go
+++ b/git.go
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ func getGitTicketNumber(board string) string {
 }
 
 // buildCommitCommand builds the git commit command
-func buildCommitCommand(msg string, body string) string {
-	args := append([]string{"commit", "-m", msg}, os.Args[1:]...)
+func buildCommitCommand(msg string, body string, osArgs []string) ([]string, string) {
+	args := append([]string{"commit", "-m", msg}, osArgs...)
 	if body != "" {
 		args = append(args, "-m", body)
 	}
-	return shellescape.QuoteCommand(args)
+	return args, fmt.Sprintf("git %v", shellescape.QuoteCommand(args))
 }
 
 // commit commits the changes to git
-func commit(command string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", command)
+func commit(command []string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", command...)
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
diff --git a/git_test.go b/git_test.go
index d6eb8bf..e5db984 100644
--- a/git_test.go
+++ b/git_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import "testing"
 func TestBuildCommitCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	msg := "test"
 	body := "test body"
-	expected := "commit -m test test body"
-	got := buildCommitCommand(msg, body)
+	expected := "git commit -m test -m 'test body'"
+	_, got := buildCommitCommand(msg, body, nil)
 	if got != expected {
 		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, got)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8bd535c..7a1a8f9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ func main() {
 		newCommit.Body = newCommit.Body + buildCoauthorString(newCommit.Coauthors)
 	}
 
-	commitCommand := buildCommitCommand(newCommit.Message, newCommit.Body)
-	printableCommitCommand := "git " + commitCommand
+	args := os.Args[1:]
+	rawCommitCommand, printableCommitCommand := buildCommitCommand(newCommit.Message, newCommit.Body, args)
 	if doesWantToCommit {
-		err := commit(commitCommand)
+		err := commit(rawCommitCommand)
 		if err != nil {
 			writeToClipboard(printableCommitCommand)
 			fail(