diff --git a/framework/test/test_mutation_cmd.sh b/framework/test/test_mutation_cmd.sh
index de0eb9b5b..e6e9620a5 100755
--- a/framework/test/test_mutation_cmd.sh
+++ b/framework/test/test_mutation_cmd.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ while getopts ":p:b:" opt; do
         p) PID="$OPTARG"
             ;;
         b) if [[ "$OPTARG" =~ ^[0-9]*\.\.[0-9]*$ ]]; then
-               # shellcheck disable=SC1083,2086
-                BUGS="$BUGS $(eval echo {$OPTARG})"
+                BUGS="$BUGS $(eval "echo {$OPTARG}")"
            else
                BUGS="$BUGS $OPTARG"
            fi