diff --git a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
index a37d7649b..fcd8bbbe1 100644
--- a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
+++ b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/podmanHandler/src/podmanHandler.ts
@@ -133,10 +133,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     execArgs.push(execInput.jobContainer.containerId)
     execArgs.push(execInput.fileName)
 
-    core.debug(JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments))
-    const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments)
-      .replace('"', '')
-      .split(' ')
+    const args = (<string>execInput.arguments).split(' ')
     core.debug(JSON.stringify(args))
 
     execArgs.push(...args)
diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js b/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
index 4973ab3cb..b31e7caf1 100644
--- a/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutbin/podmanHandler/index.js
@@ -1153,8 +1153,7 @@ function run() {
             }
             execArgs.push(execInput.jobContainer.containerId);
             execArgs.push(execInput.fileName);
-            core.debug(JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments));
-            const args = JSON.stringify(execInput.arguments).replace('"', "").split(' ');
+            const args = execInput.arguments.split(' ');
             core.debug(JSON.stringify(args));
             execArgs.push(...args);
             core.debug(JSON.stringify(execArgs));