diff --git a/nagios-nrpe/files/check-local b/nagios-nrpe/files/check-local
index 4d96c639..73db2c66 100755
--- a/nagios-nrpe/files/check-local
+++ b/nagios-nrpe/files/check-local
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H 127.0.0.1 -c check_$1
+/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H 127.0.0.1 -c "check_$1"