diff --git a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
index a8ce5e185..af0ef8506 100644
--- a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
+++ b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     }
     execArgs.push(execInput.jobContainer.containerId)
     execArgs.push(execInput.fileName)
-    execArgs.push(execInput.arguments)
+
+    const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments).split(' ')
+    core.debug(JSON.stringify(args))
+
+    execArgs.push(...args)
 
     core.debug(JSON.stringify(execArgs))
 
diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js b/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
index 225266786..a6940d42d 100644
--- a/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
@@ -1153,7 +1153,9 @@ function run() {
             }
             execArgs.push(execInput.jobContainer.containerId);
             execArgs.push(execInput.fileName);
-            execArgs.push(execInput.arguments);
+            const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments).split(' ');
+            core.debug(JSON.stringify(args));
+            execArgs.push(...args);
             core.debug(JSON.stringify(execArgs));
             yield exec.exec('podman', execArgs);
         }