diff --git a/butterfly.server.py b/butterfly.server.py
index a8e3772..a81a46b 100755
--- a/butterfly.server.py
+++ b/butterfly.server.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ tornado.options.define("more", default=False,
 tornado.options.define("host", default='localhost', help="Server host")
 tornado.options.define("port", default=57575, type=int, help="Server port")
 tornado.options.define("shell", help="Shell to execute at login")
-tornado.options.define("cmd", help="Command to run instead of shell")
+tornado.options.define("cmd",
+                       help="Command to run instead of shell, f.i.: 'ls -l'")
 tornado.options.define("unsecure", default=False,
                        help="Don't use ssl not recommended")
 tornado.options.define("login", default=True,
diff --git a/butterfly/routes.py b/butterfly/routes.py
index bd277e8..c0edf34 100644
--- a/butterfly/routes.py
+++ b/butterfly/routes.py
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ class TermWebSocket(Route, tornado.websocket.WebSocketHandler):
                           'if you want to log as different user\n')
                     sys.exit(1)
 
-            args = [
-                tornado.options.options.cmd
-                or tornado.options.options.shell or self.callee.shell
-            ]
-            if not tornado.options.options.cmd:
+            if tornado.options.options.cmd:
+                args = tornado.options.options.cmd.split(' ')
+            else:
+                args = [tornado.options.options.shell or self.callee.shell]
                 args.append('-i')
+
             os.execvpe(args[0], args, env)
             # This process has been replaced