diff --git a/master.py b/master.py
index 7ff7da2..872472a 100644
--- a/master.py
+++ b/master.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def do_repo_work() -> None:
     for repo in repos:
         os.chdir(os.path.join(config["basedir"]["repo"], repo, "os", config["arch"]))
         args = ["repo-add", "-s", "-v", "-p", "-n", repo + ".db.tar.xz", "*.zst"]
-        r_res = subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        r_res = subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)
         logging.debug("[REPO-ADD] %s", r_res.stdout.decode(errors="ignore"))
         if r_res.returncode:
             logging.error("[REPO/%s] Repo action failed: %s", repo, r_res.stdout.decode(errors="ignore"))