diff --git a/applets/pbot-vm/guest/lib/Languages/_c_base.pm b/applets/pbot-vm/guest/lib/Languages/_c_base.pm
index c6ddf4c8..353a0388 100755
--- a/applets/pbot-vm/guest/lib/Languages/_c_base.pm
+++ b/applets/pbot-vm/guest/lib/Languages/_c_base.pm
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sub postprocess {
 
     my $ulimits = "ulimit -f 2000; ulimit -t 8; ulimit -u 200";
 
-    my @args = split_line($self->{arguments}, strip_quotes => 1, preserve_escapes => 1);
+    my @args = split_line($self->{arguments}, strip_quotes => 1, preserve_escapes => 0);
 
     my $quoted_args = '';
 
diff --git a/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/Languages/_default.pm b/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/Languages/_default.pm
index 8010e1fa..3f1a9ea3 100755
--- a/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/Languages/_default.pm
+++ b/applets/pbot-vm/host/lib/Languages/_default.pm
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sub process_interactive_edit($self) {
 }
 
 sub process_standard_options($self) {
-    my @opt_args = split_line($self->{code}, preserve_escapes => 1, keep_spaces => 0);
+    my @opt_args = split_line($self->{code}, preserve_escapes => 1, keep_spaces => 1);
 
     my $getopt_error;
     local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 7b81a638..645c820b 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4816,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2024-10-29",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4817,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2024-10-30",
 };
 
 sub initialize {}