diff --git a/heavy_script.sh b/heavy_script.sh
index 62d8373b..6eb77eb7 100644
--- a/heavy_script.sh
+++ b/heavy_script.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [[ -z "$*" || "-" == "$*" || "--" == "$*"  ]] && echo "This script requires an argument, use --help for help" && exit
 
 
-ARGS=( echo "$@" | sed -E 's/[[:space:]]?--self-update[[:space:]]?//g')
+ARGS=$(echo "$@" | sed -E 's/[[:space:]]?--self-update[[:space:]]?//g')
 
 SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
 SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")