diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f9c42b4f..a1f05a85 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -72,10 +72,13 @@ QTerminalApp * QTerminalApp::m_instance = nullptr;
     exit(code);
 }
 
-void parse_args(int argc, char* argv[], QString& workdir, QString & shell_command, out bool& dropMode)
+void parse_args(int argc, char* argv[], QString& workdir, QStringList & shell_command, out bool& dropMode)
 {
     int next_option;
     dropMode = false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+        qDebug() << "argv[" << i << "] = " <<  argv[i];
+    }
     do{
         next_option = getopt_long(argc, argv, short_options, long_options, nullptr);
         switch(next_option)
@@ -87,13 +90,13 @@ void parse_args(int argc, char* argv[], QString& workdir, QString & shell_comman
                 workdir = QString::fromLocal8Bit(optarg);
                 break;
             case 'e':
-                shell_command = QString::fromLocal8Bit(optarg);
+                shell_command << QString::fromLocal8Bit(optarg);
                 // #15 "Raw" -e params
                 // Passing "raw" params (like konsole -e mcedit /tmp/tmp.txt") is more preferable - then I can call QString("qterminal -e ") + cmd_line in other programs
                 while (optind < argc)
                 {
                     //printf("arg: %d - %s\n", optind, argv[optind]);
-                    shell_command += QLatin1Char(' ') + QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[optind++]);
+                    shell_command << QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[optind++]);
                 }
                 break;
             case 'd':
@@ -143,7 +146,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         app->registerOnDbus();
     #endif
 
-    QString workdir, shell_command;
+    QString workdir;
+    QStringList shell_command;
     bool dropMode;
     parse_args(argc, argv, workdir, shell_command, dropMode);
 
diff --git a/src/terminalconfig.cpp b/src/terminalconfig.cpp
index fae007eb..713de7e4 100644
--- a/src/terminalconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/terminalconfig.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "properties.h"
 #include "termwidget.h"
 
-TerminalConfig::TerminalConfig(const QString & wdir, const QString & shell)
+TerminalConfig::TerminalConfig(const QString & wdir, const QStringList & shell)
 {
     m_workingDirectory = wdir;
     m_shell = shell;
@@ -32,20 +32,28 @@ QString TerminalConfig::getWorkingDirectory()
     return QTerminalApp::Instance()->getWorkingDirectory();
 }
 
-QString TerminalConfig::getShell()
+QStringList TerminalConfig::getShell()
 {
     if (!m_shell.isEmpty())
         return m_shell;
+
+    QString shellString;
     if (!Properties::Instance()->shell.isEmpty())
-        return Properties::Instance()->shell;
-    QByteArray envShell = qgetenv("SHELL");
-    if (envShell.constData() != nullptr)
     {
-        QString shellString = QString::fromLocal8Bit(envShell);
-        if (!shellString.isEmpty())
-            return shellString;
+        shellString = Properties::Instance()->shell;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        QByteArray envShell = qgetenv("SHELL");
+        if (envShell.constData() != NULL)
+        {
+            shellString = QString::fromLocal8Bit(envShell);
+        }
     }
-    return QString();
+    QStringList ret;
+    if (!shellString.isEmpty())
+        ret << shellString;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 void TerminalConfig::setWorkingDirectory(const QString &val)
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ void TerminalConfig::setWorkingDirectory(const QString &val)
     m_workingDirectory = val;
 }
 
-void TerminalConfig::setShell(const QString &val)
+void TerminalConfig::setShell(const QStringList &val)
 {
     m_shell = val;
 }
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ TerminalConfig TerminalConfig::fromDbus(const QHash<QString,QVariant> &termArgs)
     if (termArgs.contains(QLatin1String(DBUS_ARG_SHELL))) {
         shell = variantToString(termArgs[QLatin1String(DBUS_ARG_SHELL)], shell);
     }
-    return TerminalConfig(wdir, shell);
+    return TerminalConfig(wdir, QStringList() << shell);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/terminalconfig.h b/src/terminalconfig.h
index 5823fae8..004930ff 100644
--- a/src/terminalconfig.h
+++ b/src/terminalconfig.h
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ class TermWidget;
 class TerminalConfig
 {
     public:
-        TerminalConfig(const QString & wdir, const QString & shell);
+        TerminalConfig(const QString & wdir, const QStringList & shell);
         TerminalConfig(const TerminalConfig &cfg);
         TerminalConfig();
 
         QString getWorkingDirectory();
-        QString getShell();
+        QStringList getShell();
 
         void setWorkingDirectory(const QString &val);
-        void setShell(const QString &val);
+        void setShell(const QStringList &val);
         void provideCurrentDirectory(const QString &val);
 
         #ifdef HAVE_QDBUS
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TerminalConfig
     	// True when 
     	QString m_currentDirectory;
     	QString m_workingDirectory;
-        QString m_shell;
+        QStringList m_shell;
 };
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/src/termwidget.cpp b/src/termwidget.cpp
index b51a2646..f10558a4 100644
--- a/src/termwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/termwidget.cpp
@@ -55,16 +55,11 @@ TermWidgetImpl::TermWidgetImpl(TerminalConfig &cfg, QWidget * parent)
 
     setWorkingDirectory(cfg.getWorkingDirectory());
 
-    QString shell = cfg.getShell();
+    QStringList shell = cfg.getShell();
     if (!shell.isEmpty())
     {
         //qDebug() << "Shell program:" << shell;
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,15,0))
-        QStringList parts = shell.split(QRegExp(QStringLiteral("\\s+")), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
-#else
-        QStringList parts = shell.split(QRegExp(QStringLiteral("\\s+")), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-#endif
-        //qDebug() << parts;
+        QStringList parts = shell;
         setShellProgram(parts.at(0));
         parts.removeAt(0);
         if (parts.count())