diff --git a/script/openqa-bootstrap b/script/openqa-bootstrap
index c08166e8e60..6e9928bd4be 100755
--- a/script/openqa-bootstrap
+++ b/script/openqa-bootstrap
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ su postgres -c "/usr/share/openqa/script/setup-db" "$dbuser" "$dbname"
 proxy_args=""
 [[ -n "$setup_web_proxy" ]] && proxy_args="--proxy=$setup_web_proxy"
 setup=/usr/share/openqa/script/configure-web-proxy
-(command -v $setup && sh -ex $setup "$proxy_args") || (curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/os-autoinst/openQA/master/script/configure-web-proxy | bash -ex -s "$proxy_args")
+(command -v $setup && sh -ex $setup "$proxy_args") || (curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/os-autoinst/openQA/master/script/configure-web-proxy | bash -ex -s -- "$proxy_args")
 sed -i -e 's/#*.*method.*=.*$/method = Fake/' /etc/openqa/openqa.ini