diff --git a/release/Linux/scripts/figtree b/release/Linux/scripts/figtree
index f1ec842..6dd9b68 100755
--- a/release/Linux/scripts/figtree
+++ b/release/Linux/scripts/figtree
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -jar lib/figtree.jar $*
+java -Xms64m -Xmx512m -jar lib/figtree.jar "$@"