diff --git a/src/CraneCtld/CranedKeeper.cpp b/src/CraneCtld/CranedKeeper.cpp
index 6f80d86b..73bc6bca 100644
--- a/src/CraneCtld/CranedKeeper.cpp
+++ b/src/CraneCtld/CranedKeeper.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ crane::grpc::ExecuteTasksRequest CranedStub::NewExecuteTasksRequest(
 
     mutable_task->set_cwd(task->cwd);
     mutable_task->set_get_user_env(task->get_user_env);
+
     mutable_task->set_container(task->container);
 
     for (const auto &hostname : task->CranedIds())
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ crane::grpc::ExecuteTasksRequest CranedStub::NewExecuteTasksRequest(
     if (task->type == crane::grpc::Batch) {
       auto &meta_in_ctld = std::get<BatchMetaInTask>(task->meta);
       auto *mutable_meta = mutable_task->mutable_batch_meta();
+      mutable_meta->set_interpreter(meta_in_ctld.interpreter);
       mutable_meta->set_output_file_pattern(meta_in_ctld.output_file_pattern);
       mutable_meta->set_error_file_pattern(meta_in_ctld.error_file_pattern);
       mutable_meta->set_sh_script(meta_in_ctld.sh_script);
diff --git a/src/Craned/TaskExecutor.cpp b/src/Craned/TaskExecutor.cpp
index 13052af6..bff2bfb1 100644
--- a/src/Craned/TaskExecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/Craned/TaskExecutor.cpp
@@ -324,10 +324,11 @@ CraneErr ProcessInstance::Spawn(util::Cgroup* cgroup) {
     }
 
     // e.g., /bin/bash -c "/bin/zsh script.sh --arg1 --arg2 ..."
+    auto cmd = fmt::format("{} {} {}", m_batch_meta_.interpreter,
+                           m_executive_path_, arguments);
+
     argv.emplace_back("-c");
-    argv.emplace_back(fmt::format("\"{} {} {}\"", m_batch_meta_.interpreter,
-                                  m_executive_path_, arguments)
-                          .c_str());
+    argv.emplace_back(cmd.c_str());
     argv.emplace_back(nullptr);
 
     execv(argv[0], const_cast<char* const*>(argv.data()));