diff --git a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
index 68ec99e..9ea9fa2 100644
--- a/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/dosh-client.rs
@@ -308,11 +308,10 @@ fn run_sessions_command(
             .arg(format!("UserKnownHostsFile={}", known_hosts.display()));
     }
     let script = r#"printf 'tmux sessions:\n'; tmux ls 2>/dev/null || printf '  none\n'; printf '\nDosh service:\n'; systemctl --user --no-pager --plain status dosh-server.service 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,8p' || pgrep -af dosh-server || printf '  not running\n'"#;
+    let remote_command = format!("sh -lc {}", shell_word(script));
     let status = command
         .arg(server)
-        .arg("sh")
-        .arg("-lc")
-        .arg(script)
+        .arg(remote_command)
         .status()
         .context("run remote sessions command")?;
     if !status.success() {