diff --git a/kalpa-firstboot b/kalpa-firstboot
index 74796af..7181ee9 100644
--- a/kalpa-firstboot
+++ b/kalpa-firstboot
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ run_task() {
 
     qdbus-qt5 $dbusRef setLabelText "$label"
 
-    if "$@"; then
+    if eval "$@"; then
         qdbus-qt5 $dbusRef Set "" value "$step"
     else
         kdialog --error "Operation Failed: $label"
diff --git a/kalpa-firstboot-aarch64 b/kalpa-firstboot-aarch64
index 0171cf6..688a887 100644
--- a/kalpa-firstboot-aarch64
+++ b/kalpa-firstboot-aarch64
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ run_task() {
 
     qdbus-qt5 $dbusRef setLabelText "$label"
 
-    if "$@"; then
+    if eval "$@"; then
         qdbus-qt5 $dbusRef Set "" value "$step"
     else
         kdialog --error "Operation Failed: $label"
diff --git a/plasma-branding-Kalpa.changes b/plasma-branding-Kalpa.changes
index cdfb9a1..fc104f9 100644
--- a/plasma-branding-Kalpa.changes
+++ b/plasma-branding-Kalpa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 27 18:50:53 UTC 2023 - Shawn Dunn <sfalken@opensuse.org>
+
+- Added eval to kalpa-firstboot and kalpa-firstboot-aarch64
+  (boo#1218367)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 27 17:51:05 UTC 2023 - Shawn Dunn <sfalken@opensuse.org>