diff --git a/qemu/launchers/spice b/qemu/launchers/spice
index 91f5aab..b4e7af0 100755
--- a/qemu/launchers/spice
+++ b/qemu/launchers/spice
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -x
 base=$(echo "$QEMUSH_BASE" | cut -d , -f 1)
-QEMUSH_BASE=$(echo "$QEMUSH_BASE" | cut -d , -f 2-)
+QEMUSH_BASE=$(echo "$QEMUSH_BASE" | sed "s/^${base}//" | sed 's/^,//')
 
 exec "$base" \
 	-vga qxl \