diff --git a/bin/start b/bin/start
index 478d2b5..ea70dd5 100755
--- a/bin/start
+++ b/bin/start
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ startservice() {
       else
         NC_COMMAND=`grep start_service /federated/lib/$SERVICE.sh  | awk -F\" '{ print $4 }'`
         RETRY=`grep start_service /federated/lib/$SERVICE.sh | awk -F\" '{ print $6 }'`
-        start_service_withalert "$SERVICE" "$NC_COMMAND" "$RETRY" "no"
+        eval start_service_withalert "$SERVICE" "$NC_COMMAND" "$RETRY" "no"
 
         disown $SPINPID &> /dev/null
         kill -9 $SPINPID &> /dev/null