diff --git a/bin/dunecontrol b/bin/dunecontrol
index 1826697c1ad47be42070d80d7fea60e7c8186b5f..6cfab3e441de6ff860ad30e68133b6d2343a4a27 100755
--- a/bin/dunecontrol
+++ b/bin/dunecontrol
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ create_module_list() {
   fi
 
   if test "x$SKIPFIRST" = "xyes" ; then
-    export MODULES=`echo $MODULES | cut '--delimiter= ' --fields=2-`
+    export MODULES=`echo $MODULES " " | cut '--delimiter= ' --fields=2-`
   fi
 }