diff --git a/nextflow b/nextflow
index 86214ec377..9b7395b7a9 100755
--- a/nextflow
+++ b/nextflow
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ function launch_nextflow() {
     for x in "${launcher[@]}"; do
         x="${x%\"}"
         x="${x#\"}"
-        cmdline+=("$x")
-    done
+        cmdline+=("$x") 
+    done 
 
     if [[ "$bg" ]]; then
       local pid_file="${NXF_PID_FILE:-.nextflow.pid}"
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ else
       launcher+=("${cmd_tail[@]}")
     fi
 
+    # create the launch file only when using the legacy launcher (capsule)
     if [[ $NXF_LEGACY_LAUNCHER ]]; then
     # Don't show errors if the LAUNCH_FILE can't be created
     if mkdir -p "${NXF_LAUNCHER}" 2>/dev/null; then