diff --git a/bin/dunecontrol b/bin/dunecontrol
index c7b38cd5e068f5e23b169c7307bfd607b7d309b7..06dbb2ed5d32bff0f9196f85759b76a2097f0c1e 100755
--- a/bin/dunecontrol
+++ b/bin/dunecontrol
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ done
 # We need to run this via eval in order construct the case for the commands
 eval '
 case "$command" in
-  '$(echo $COMMANDS | sed -e 's/ \+/ | /g')')
+  '$(echo $COMMANDS | sed -e 's/ / | /g')')
     find_modules_in_path
     if test "x$MODULE" = "x"; then
       sort_modules $MODULES