diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa.yml b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
index f3af6f1..dfe76d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run action with args
         uses: ./
         with:
-          args: -Dsonar.someArg=aValue -Dsonar.scanner.dumpToFile=./output.properties
+          args: >-
+            "-Dsonar.someArg=a value with spaces" -Dsonar.scanner.dumpToFile=./output.properties
         env:
           SONAR_TOKEN: FAKE_TOKEN
       - name: Assert
         run: |
-          ./test/assertFileContains ./output.properties "sonar.someArg=aValue"
+          ./test/assertFileContains ./output.properties "sonar.someArg=a value with spaces"
   projectBaseDirInputTest:
     name: >
       'projectBaseDir' input
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 9cd1c40..af68fa6 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" == '1' ]]; then
 fi
 
 unset JAVA_HOME
-sonar-scanner $debug_flag -Dsonar.projectBaseDir=${INPUT_PROJECTBASEDIR} -Dsonar.host.url=${SONARCLOUD_URL} ${INPUT_ARGS}
+
+eval "args=(${INPUT_ARGS})"
+sonar-scanner $debug_flag "-Dsonar.projectBaseDir=${INPUT_PROJECTBASEDIR}" "-Dsonar.host.url=${SONARCLOUD_URL}" "${args[@]}"