diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 6f92c50..4bdd2cf 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (hc *houstonClient) makeOperationQueryRequest() *protos.OperationQueryReque
 	for _, child := range hc.childProcs {
 		procs = append(procs, &protos.ProcessDescription{
 			Name:    child.name,
-			Args:    child.args,
+			Args:    child.cmd.Args,
 			Version: child.version,
 			State:   child.getState(),
 			Pid:     int32(child.cmd.Process.Pid),
diff --git a/client/operation.go b/client/operation.go
index e030857..d85eef3 100644
--- a/client/operation.go
+++ b/client/operation.go
@@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ func prepareProcessLaunch(storageRoot string, req *shared.StartProcessRequest) *
 		os.Chmod(path.Join(verpath, exefile), 0777)
 
 		exef, _ := os.Executable()
-		cmd := exec.Command(path.Join(path.Dir(exef), verpath, exefile), req.Args[1:]...)
+
+		expanded := make([]string, len(req.Args))
+		for i, arg := range req.Args {
+			expanded[i] = os.ExpandEnv(arg)
+		}
+		exename := path.Join(path.Dir(exef), verpath, exefile)
+
+		cmd := exec.Command(os.ExpandEnv(exename), expanded[1:]...)
 
 		cmd.Dir = verpath
 		stdin, _ := cmd.StdinPipe()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89ddb3c..5b723a6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.10.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
-	repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon v0.0.0-20231129083505-4089ac0bc1c3
+	repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon v0.0.0-20231129091721-9b8757acda94
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e83d8bf..c4bbfdd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 howett.net/plist v1.0.0 h1:7CrbWYbPPO/PyNy38b2EB/+gYbjCe2DXBxgtOOZbSQM=
 howett.net/plist v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lqaXoTrLY4hg8tnEzNru53gicrbv7rrk+2xJA/7hw9g=
-repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon v0.0.0-20231129083505-4089ac0bc1c3 h1:6z9LSH6Bjz3s4xqPoAJqj8dfGERCWFut7zG4RcdsmSU=
-repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon v0.0.0-20231129083505-4089ac0bc1c3/go.mod h1:XvklTTSvQX5uviivGBcZo8eIL+mV94W2e4uBBXcT5JY=
+repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon v0.0.0-20231129091721-9b8757acda94 h1:d0qAzMqhZTqUp9jAuK5oHUkylD2z/HaDoE6yQxYlRoc=
+repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon v0.0.0-20231129091721-9b8757acda94/go.mod h1:XvklTTSvQX5uviivGBcZo8eIL+mV94W2e4uBBXcT5JY=