diff --git a/lib/middleman-deploy/methods/rsync.rb b/lib/middleman-deploy/methods/rsync.rb
index 7821ef8..847ae7b 100644
--- a/lib/middleman-deploy/methods/rsync.rb
+++ b/lib/middleman-deploy/methods/rsync.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def process
 
           dest_url  = "#{user}#{host}:#{path}"
           flags     = self.flags || '-avz'
-          command   = "rsync #{flags} '-e ssh -p #{port}' #{build_dir}/ #{dest_url}"
+          command   = "rsync #{flags} -e 'ssh -p #{port}' #{build_dir}/ #{dest_url}"
 
           command += ' --delete' if clean