diff --git a/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy.go b/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy.go
index 3d66803dff29cc751e486b7bbd1bbb3249d29e60..aa0b52b815a675c1031b82bae74a7ae171dbdc34 100644
--- a/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy.go
+++ b/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func DeployApp(spec *AppDeploymentSpec, client client.Interface) error {
 		containerSpec.Command = []string{*spec.ContainerCommand}
 	}
 	if spec.ContainerCommandArgs != nil {
-		containerSpec.Args = []string{*spec.ContainerCommandArgs}
+		containerSpec.Args = strings.Fields(*spec.ContainerCommandArgs)
 	}
 
 	if spec.CpuRequirement != nil {
diff --git a/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy_test.go b/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy_test.go
index 06a753541c30e351deef5666c94feebad6b0b6ba..144668e683bb05f885b83bed32405e8a76cebc5a 100644
--- a/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy_test.go
+++ b/src/app/backend/resource/deployment/deploy_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package deployment
 import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func TestDeployApp(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDeployAppContainerCommands(t *testing.T) {
 	command := "foo-command"
-	commandArgs := "foo-command-args"
+	commandArgs := "foo-command-args1 foo-command-args2"
 	spec := &AppDeploymentSpec{
 		Namespace:            "foo-namespace",
 		Name:                 "foo-name",
@@ -109,9 +110,13 @@ func TestDeployAppContainerCommands(t *testing.T) {
 			command, container.Command)
 	}
 
-	if container.Args[0] != commandArgs {
-		t.Errorf("Expected command args to be %#v but got %#v",
-			commandArgs, container.Args)
+	if container.Args[0] != strings.Fields(commandArgs)[0] {
+		t.Errorf("Expected command args 1st argument to be %#v but got %#v",
+			strings.Fields(commandArgs)[0], container.Args[0])
+	}
+	if container.Args[1] != strings.Fields(commandArgs)[1] {
+		t.Errorf("Expected command args 2nd argument to be %#v but got %#v",
+			strings.Fields(commandArgs)[1], container.Args[1])
 	}
 }