diff --git a/scripts/setup-earthly-local.sh b/scripts/setup-earthly-local.sh
index 59fafd19b4c..ba4b775c753 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-earthly-local.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-earthly-local.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-echo 'alias earthly="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts/earthly-local"' >> ~/.zshrc
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+EARTHLY_SCRIPT_LOCATION="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts/earthly-local"
+echo "alias earthly=\"$EARTHLY_SCRIPT_LOCATION\"" >> ~/.zshrc
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