diff --git a/eessi_bot_job_manager.py b/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
index f8d4368..bb0c6dd 100644
--- a/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
+++ b/eessi_bot_job_manager.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def get_current_jobs(self):
 
         squeue_cmd = "%s --long --noheader --user=%s" % (self.poll_command, username)
         if self.job_name:
-            squeue_cmd += "--name='%s'" % self.job_name
+            squeue_cmd += " --name='%s'" % self.job_name
         squeue_output, squeue_err, squeue_exitcode = run_cmd(
             squeue_cmd,
             "get_current_jobs(): squeue command",