diff --git a/src/apps/remotedesktop/RemoteDesktop.cpp b/src/apps/remotedesktop/RemoteDesktop.cpp
index 8fbec99950..2e48f26250 100644
--- a/src/apps/remotedesktop/RemoteDesktop.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/remotedesktop/RemoteDesktop.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		char shellCommand[4096];
 		snprintf(shellCommand, sizeof(shellCommand),
 			"echo connected; export TARGET_SCREEN=localhost:%" B_PRIu32
-			"; %s\n", listenPort, terminalPath.Path());
+			"; %s\n", listenPort, command);
 
 		int pipes[4];
 		if (pipe(&pipes[0]) != 0 || pipe(&pipes[2]) != 0) {