diff --git a/packages/create/create.js b/packages/create/create.js
index e7f668fc..3d0557af 100755
--- a/packages/create/create.js
+++ b/packages/create/create.js
@@ -118,12 +118,11 @@ async function safeOutputFile(file, data, options={}) {
 }
 
 async function execFile(cmd, args) {
-	const escaped = args.map(escapeArg);
-	logger.verbose(`executing ${cmd} ${escaped.join(" ")}`);
+	const command = [cmd, ...args.map(escapeArg)].join(" ");
+	logger.verbose(`executing ${command}`);
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		let child = child_process.execFile(
-			cmd,
-			escaped,
+			command,
 			{
 				shell: true,
 
diff --git a/test/create/escape_arg.js b/test/create/escape_arg.js
index 496737e3..593b1a3f 100644
--- a/test/create/escape_arg.js
+++ b/test/create/escape_arg.js
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ const { escapeArg } = require("../../packages/create/escape_arg");
 const execFile = util.promisify(child_process.execFile);
 
 async function exec(file, args) {
+	const command = [file, ...args.map(escapeArg)].join(" ");
 	const { stdout, stderr } = await execFile(
-		file,
-		args.map(escapeArg),
-
+		command,
 		{ shell: true, cwd: __dirname, env: { ...process.env, pct: "%"} }
 	);
 	return { stdout: JSON.parse(stdout), stderr };