diff --git a/bin/sgit b/bin/sgit
index f6c72db25..bb7e6fe9d 100755
--- a/bin/sgit
+++ b/bin/sgit
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # - Cody Boone Ferguson (@xexyl)
 #
 
-export SGIT_VERSION="0.0.4-1 15-02-2023" # format: major.minor.patch-release DD-MM-YYYY
+export SGIT_VERSION="0.0.5-1 16-02-2023" # format: major.minor.patch-release DD-MM-YYYY
 
 USAGE="usage: $(basename "$0") [-h] [-V] [-v level] [-x] [-I] [-o sed_options] [-s sed] [-e command] <glob...>
 
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export VERBOSITY=0
 
 # we need an array for sed commands
 declare -a SED_COMMANDS
+
+# we need to remove ' ' from the IFS!
+IFS=$'\t\n'
+
 # parse args
 #
 while getopts :hVv:xIo:s:e: flag; do
@@ -162,15 +166,15 @@ while [[ "$i" -le "$#" ]]; do
 
     if [[ -z "$I_FLAG" ]]; then
 	if [[ -n "$SED_OPTIONS" ]]; then
-	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" -i"" "$SED_OPTIONS" "${SED_COMMANDS[*]}"
+	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" -i"" "$SED_OPTIONS" "${SED_COMMANDS[@]}"
 	else
-	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" -i"" "${SED_COMMANDS[*]}"
+	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" -i"" "${SED_COMMANDS[@]}"
 	fi
     else
 	if [[ -n "$SED_OPTIONS" ]]; then
-	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" "$SED_OPTIONS" "${SED_COMMANDS[*]}"
+	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" "$SED_OPTIONS" "${SED_COMMANDS[@]}"
 	else
-	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" "${SED_COMMANDS[*]}"
+	    git ls-files "$1" | xargs "$SED" "${SED_COMMANDS[@]}"
 	fi
     fi
     ((i++))