diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4eb6c0f4bcd..35f5beeb5e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ COPY docker/start.sh /start.sh
 
 WORKDIR /etc/temporal
 
-ENV SERVICES="--services=history --services=matching --services=frontend --services=worker"
+ENV SERVICES="history,matching,frontend,worker"
 
 EXPOSE 6933 6934 6935 6939 7233 7234 7235 7239
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/start-temporal.sh b/docker/start-temporal.sh
index 978a5bcd01b..7f832452ad7 100755
--- a/docker/start-temporal.sh
+++ b/docker/start-temporal.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -ex
 
 dockerize -template /etc/temporal/config/config_template.yaml:/etc/temporal/config/docker.yaml
 
-exec temporal-server --root $TEMPORAL_HOME --env docker start $SERVICES
+exec temporal-server --root $TEMPORAL_HOME --env docker start --services=$SERVICES