diff --git a/bin/benchmark-bootstrap.sh b/bin/benchmark-bootstrap.sh
index 8f0af19..e518105 100755
--- a/bin/benchmark-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bin/benchmark-bootstrap.sh
@@ -108,4 +108,7 @@ ARGS=${ARGS}" --currentFolder ${CUR_DIR} --scriptsFolder ${SCRIPT_DIR}"
 
 export JAVA
 
-"$JAVA" ${JVM_OPTS} -cp ${CP} ${MAIN_CLASS} ${ARGS}
+CMD_LINE="$JAVA ${JVM_OPTS} -cp ${CP} ${MAIN_CLASS} ${ARGS}"
+
+eval "${CMD_LINE}"
+