1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/validators/script b/src/validators/script
index beeba57ae..689296a73 100755
--- a/src/validators/script
+++ b/src/validators/script
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import re
 import os
 import sys
+import shlex
 
 import vyos.util
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ if len(sys.argv) < 2:
     print("Please specify script file to check")
     sys.exit(1)
 
-script = sys.argv[1]
+#if the "script" is a script+ stowaway arugments, this removes the aguements
+script = shlex.split(sys.argv[1])[0]
 
 if not os.path.exists(script):
     print("File {0} does not exist".format(script))