diff --git a/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c
index 5f99a8a..20425b7 100644
--- a/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/ptyc_driver_ctx.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int ptyc_split_argv(
 	/* eargv */
 	for (parg=sargv->targv; *parg; parg++) {
 		if (!(strcmp(*parg,"-e")) || !(strcmp(*parg,"--exec"))) {
-			sargv->eargv = parg;
+			sargv->eargv = &argv[parg-sargv->targv];
 			sargv->eargv++;
 			*parg = 0;
 			return 0;