diff --git a/webhook-catcher b/webhook-catcher
index 174df0d..8ab7554 100755
--- a/webhook-catcher
+++ b/webhook-catcher
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class WebHookWorker(object):
 
   @classmethod
   def do_action(cls, repo):
-    result = subprocess.run(repo['action'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    result = subprocess.run(repo['action'].split(' '), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
 
     return result
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ def prepare_repos(repos, self_update_repo):
     if (not 'action' in repo) or (repo['action'] == ''):
       repo['action'] = ''
     else:
-      action_file = repo['action'].split(' -')[0]
+      action_file = repo['action'].split(' ')[0]
       if not (os.path.isfile(action_file) and os.access(action_file, os.X_OK)):
         pm('ERROR: Defined action file "{}" in repo "{}" not found or not executable.'.format(action_file, repo['name']))
         exit(4)