diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 52737b485e5a..57fe36637698 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function install_hooks {
   echo "./noir-projects/precommit.sh" >>$hooks_dir/pre-commit
   echo "./yarn-project/constants/precommit.sh" >>$hooks_dir/pre-commit
   chmod +x $hooks_dir/pre-commit
-  echo "(cd noir && ./postcheckout.sh $@)" >$hooks_dir/post-checkout
+  echo "(cd noir && ./postcheckout.sh \$@)" >$hooks_dir/post-checkout
   chmod +x $hooks_dir/post-checkout
 }