diff --git a/scripts/generatePmTilesExtracts.ts b/scripts/generatePmTilesExtracts.ts
index 152ce0f1c5..5bdf162ae0 100644
--- a/scripts/generatePmTilesExtracts.ts
+++ b/scripts/generatePmTilesExtracts.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class GeneratePmTilesExtracts extends Script {
 
     startProcess(script: string): Promise<void> {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-            const child = spawn("/data/pmtiles", [script],
+            const child = spawn("/data/pmtiles", script.split(" "),
                 { stdio: "inherit", cwd: this.targetDir })
 
             child.on("close", (code) => {