1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/commands/output/background.c b/sway/commands/output/background.c
index ddad679d..8ab52a2e 100644
--- a/sway/commands/output/background.c
+++ b/sway/commands/output/background.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct cmd_results *output_cmd_background(int argc, char **argv) {
                         return cmd_res;
                 }
                 free(src);
-                src = strdup(p.we_wordv[0]);
+                src = join_args(p.we_wordv, p.we_wordc);
                 wordfree(&p);
                 if (!src) {
                         wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to duplicate string");