diff --git a/lib/pry/command_context.rb b/lib/pry/command_context.rb
index 4a42fa2c..4f7d465f 100644
--- a/lib/pry/command_context.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/command_context.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ class Pry
     def run(name, *args)
       if name.start_with? "."
         cmd = name[1..-1]
-        command_processor.execute_system_command(Shellwords.join([name] + args),
-                                                 target)
+        command_processor.
+          execute_system_command([name, Shellwords.join(args)].join(' '),
+                                 target)
       else
         command_set.run_command(self, name, *args)
       end