diff --git a/bin/dm-add-experiment b/bin/dm-add-experiment
index 01476a9f7be3018407f44266c58c53755a87627d..b60a9791b7c918d680b310b2834ace46d55ebae3 100755
--- a/bin/dm-add-experiment
+++ b/bin/dm-add-experiment
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ if [ -z $DM_ROOT_DIR ]; then
     fi
     source $setupFile > /dev/null
 fi
+source dm_command_setup.sh
 
-$DM_ROOT_DIR/src/python/dm/ds_web_service/cli/addExperimentCli.py $@
+eval "$DM_ROOT_DIR/src/python/dm/ds_web_service/cli/addExperimentCli.py $DM_COMMAND_ARGS"