diff --git a/interface/menu.dm b/interface/menu.dm
index b85af86fb4..c49067391e 100644
--- a/interface/menu.dm
+++ b/interface/menu.dm
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(menulist)
 	var/atom/verb/verbpath = Get_checked(C)
 	if (!verbpath || !(verbpath in typesof("[type]/verb")))
 		return
+	
 	if (copytext(verbpath.name,1,2) == "@")
-		winset(C, null, "command = [copytext(verbpath.name,2)]")
+		winset(C, null, list2params(list("command" = copytext(verbpath.name,2))))
 	else
-		winset(C, null, "command = [replacetext(verbpath.name, " ", "-")]")
+		winset(C, null, list2params(list("command" = replacetext(verbpath.name, " ", "-"))))
 
 /datum/verbs/menu/Icon/Size
 	checkbox = CHECKBOX_GROUP