diff --git a/git-cl b/git-cl
index 5a8f7cc047..ba4df50cdc 100755
--- a/git-cl
+++ b/git-cl
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if [ ! -f "$base_dir/git-cl-repo/git-cl" ]; then
   git clone git://neugierig.org/git-cl.git $base_dir/git-cl-repo
 fi
 
-$base_dir/git-cl-repo/git-cl "$*"
+$base_dir/git-cl-repo/git-cl "$@"
diff --git a/git-try b/git-try
index f50cea1037..4b6f8fab2e 100755
--- a/git-try
+++ b/git-try
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if [ ! -f "$base_dir/git-try-repo/git-try" ]; then
   git clone git://neugierig.org/git-try.git $base_dir/git-try-repo
 fi
 
-$base_dir/git-try-repo/git-try "$*"
+$base_dir/git-try-repo/git-try "$@"