diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index 303c8c044..a4e63b072 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ ERL_INETRC="$ETC_DIR"/inetrc
 
 # define ejabberd parameters
 EJABBERD_OPTS="$EJABBERD_OPTS\
- $(sed '/^log_rate_limit/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
- $(sed '/^log_rotate_size/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
- $(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
- $(sed '/^log_rotate_date/!d;s/:[ \t]*\(.[^ ]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")"
+$(sed '/^log_rate_limit/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$(sed '/^log_rotate_size/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$(sed '/^log_rotate_count/!d;s/:[ \t]*\([0-9]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")\
+$(sed '/^log_rotate_date/!d;s/:[ \t]*\(.[^ ]*\).*/ \1/' "$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH")"
 [ -n "$EJABBERD_OPTS" ] && EJABBERD_OPTS="-ejabberd $EJABBERD_OPTS"
 EJABBERD_OPTS="-mnesia dir \"$SPOOL_DIR\" $MNESIA_OPTIONS $EJABBERD_OPTS -s ejabberd"