diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8389e7e..22a2c8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
   { name="Shin", email="shin@yixiaoer.sg" },
 ]
 # we cannot use `dynamic` here, because it doesn't work on Python 3.8
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 dependencies = [
   "psutil",
   "fabric",
diff --git a/src/tpux/utils.py b/src/tpux/utils.py
index 3aeb28a..3d36046 100644
--- a/src/tpux/utils.py
+++ b/src/tpux/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ def get_podips() -> List[str]:
         return [line.rstrip('\n') for line in f]
 
 def run_command_on_localhost(command: str, **kwargs) -> None:
-    result = subprocess.run(command.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env, **kwargs)
+    if kwargs.get('shell'):
+        result = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        result = subprocess.run(command.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, env=env, **kwargs)
+
     if result.returncode != 0:
         print(f'Command failed: {command}')
         print(f'Error: {result.stderr.decode()}')