diff --git a/ShowHandler.cs b/ShowHandler.cs
index f2c21e8..5ab3c37 100644
--- a/ShowHandler.cs
+++ b/ShowHandler.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace director
                         Telefranz.Instance.ProduceMessage(new silver_messages.directorial.execute_command()
                         {
                             command = targetItem.cmd,
-                            args = new List<string>() { targetItem.args }
+                            args = targetItem.args
                         });
                         Console.WriteLine("seem to have survived");
                         markLineDone(fileLineIndex, fileLines);
diff --git a/schedulable/Checklist.cs b/schedulable/Checklist.cs
index ef7d66f..6ad7e56 100644
--- a/schedulable/Checklist.cs
+++ b/schedulable/Checklist.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ namespace schedulable
         public string description { get; set; }
         public LineType type { get; set; }
         public string cmd { get; set; }
-        public string args { get; set; }
+        public List<string> args { get; set; }
     }
 }
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