diff --git a/src/helper/startup.tcl b/src/helper/startup.tcl
index e2ea27d0a..a7c0d5844 100644
--- a/src/helper/startup.tcl
+++ b/src/helper/startup.tcl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ add_help_text find "print full path to file according to OpenOCD search rules"
 
 # Find and run a script
 proc script {filename} {
-	uplevel #0 source [find $filename]
+	uplevel #0 [list source [find $filename]]
 }
 add_help_text script "filename of OpenOCD script (tcl) to run"
 add_usage_text script "<file>"