diff --git a/dev/conductor/bin/conductor b/dev/conductor/bin/conductor
index 602d5205b3..29cb05ef74 100755
--- a/dev/conductor/bin/conductor
+++ b/dev/conductor/bin/conductor
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ REPO_DIR="$BIN_DIR/../../.."
 DART_BIN="$REPO_DIR/bin/dart"
 
 # Ensure pub get has been run in the repo before running the conductor
-(cd "$REPO_DIR/dev/conductor/core"; $DART_BIN pub get 1>&2)
+(cd "$REPO_DIR/dev/conductor/core"; "$DART_BIN" pub get 1>&2)
 
 "$DART_BIN" --enable-asserts "$REPO_DIR/dev/conductor/core/bin/cli.dart" "$@"