diff --git a/cccli/command.py b/cccli/command.py
index 8e5d73a253074f9d921f5de4c53e5dd314e506b2..9a6190bf7be067a9dccc18e46056c4e7dc8dfa8d 100644
--- a/cccli/command.py
+++ b/cccli/command.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class Command(object):
         # arg stuff
         if len(argv) == 1:
             raise cmdBadArgument()
-        tql = str.join(" ", argv[1:])
+        tql = str.join("", argv[1:])
         # print tql list result
         items = self.cli.rpc.list(tql)
         if len(items) == 0: