diff --git a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
index 93d0e71b3..ae1b83084 100644
--- a/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 {%-   do TELEGRAFMERGED.scripts[GLOBALS.role.split('-')[1]].remove('sostatus.sh') %}
 [[inputs.exec]]
    commands = [
-      "/scripts/sostatus.sh"
+      ["/scripts/sostatus.sh"]
    ]
    data_format = "influx"
    timeout = "15s"
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 [[inputs.exec]]
    commands = [
 {%-   for script in TELEGRAFMERGED.scripts[GLOBALS.role.split('-')[1]] %}
-      "/scripts/{{script}}"{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
+      ["/scripts/{{script}}"]{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
 {%-   endfor %}
    ]
   data_format = "influx"
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 {%- if GLOBALS.is_manager or GLOBALS.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
 [[ inputs.exec ]]
   commands = [
-    "/scripts/esindexsize.sh"
+    ["/scripts/esindexsize.sh"]
   ]
   data_format = "influx"
   interval = "1h"