diff --git a/Command/AddRecurringConsoleJobToQueueCommand.php b/Command/AddRecurringConsoleJobToQueueCommand.php
index 38e9bf9..ee17ad1 100644
--- a/Command/AddRecurringConsoleJobToQueueCommand.php
+++ b/Command/AddRecurringConsoleJobToQueueCommand.php
@@ -108,17 +108,28 @@ private function addRecurringJobs(OutputInterface $output)
             }
 
             $command = $configuration->getCommand();
-            $arguments = [];
 
-            // i.e. does the command already have options or arguments within the string
             if (stripos($configuration->getCommand(), ' ') !== false) {
-                $command = trim(strstr($configuration->getCommand(), ' ', true));
-                $arguments = explode(' ', trim(strstr($configuration->getCommand(), ' ', false)));
+                throw new \LogicException(sprintf('%s Command cannot contain spaces', $configuration->getCommand()));
+            }
+
+            foreach ($configuration->getArguments() as $argument) {
+                if (!is_string($argument)) {
+                    throw new \Exception('Argument was expected to be a string');
+                }
+
+                $this->validateNoQuotes($argument, $configuration);
+
+                if (substr($argument, 0, 2) === '--') {
+                    $optionValue = ltrim(strstr($argument, '='), '=');
+
+                    $this->validateNoQuotes($optionValue, $configuration);
+                }
             }
 
             $this->jobManager->addConsoleCommandJob(
                 $command,
-                $arguments,
+                $configuration->getArguments(),
                 $configuration->getTopic(),
                 $configuration->getTimeout(),
                 $configuration->getTimeout()
@@ -141,4 +152,23 @@ private function maintainJobLogs()
     {
         $this->jobLogRepository->removeExpiredJobs();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $argument
+     * @param RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration $configuration
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function validateNoQuotes(string $argument, RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration $configuration): void
+    {
+        $firstCharacter = substr($argument, 0, 1);
+        $lastCharacter = substr($argument, strlen($argument)-1, 1);
+
+        if ($firstCharacter === '"' && $lastCharacter === '"') {
+            throw new \Exception(sprintf('remove quotes as they will be included as literal values on %s', $configuration->getCommand()));
+        }
+
+        if ($firstCharacter === "'" && $lastCharacter === "'") {
+            throw new \Exception(sprintf('remove quotes as they will be included as literal values on %s', $configuration->getCommand()));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration.php b/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration.php
index 2ef315e..da80a80 100644
--- a/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration.php
+++ b/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration.php
@@ -41,16 +41,23 @@ class RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration
     private $envs;
 
     /**
-     * @param string  $command
-     * @param string  $topic
-     * @param string  $schedule
-     * @param string|null  $description
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $arguments;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $command
+     * @param array $arguments
+     * @param string $topic
+     * @param string $schedule
+     * @param string|null $description
      * @param integer|null $timeout
      * @param array|null $envs
      */
-    public function __construct($command, $topic, $schedule, $description = null, $timeout = 60, $envs = null)
+    public function __construct($command, array $arguments, $topic, $schedule, $description = null, $timeout = 60, $envs = null)
     {
         $this->command = $command;
+        $this->arguments = $arguments;
         $this->schedule = $schedule;
         $this->topic = str_replace('-', '_', $topic);
         $this->timeout = $timeout;
@@ -76,6 +83,14 @@ public function getCommand()
         return $this->command;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getArguments(): array
+    {
+        return $this->arguments;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string
      */
diff --git a/Service/RecurringConsoleCommandReader.php b/Service/RecurringConsoleCommandReader.php
index 97a45a3..3460e6b 100644
--- a/Service/RecurringConsoleCommandReader.php
+++ b/Service/RecurringConsoleCommandReader.php
@@ -129,8 +129,13 @@ private function parseConfiguration(array $config)
                 throw new InvalidConfigurationException('`envs` config key must be an array or null');
             }
 
+            if (isset($group['arguments']) && !is_array($group['arguments'])) {
+                throw new InvalidConfigurationException(sprintf('`arguments` config key must be an array for %s', $group['command']));
+            }
+
             $recurringConsoleCommandConfiguration = new RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration(
                 $group['command'],
+                $group['arguments'] ?? [],
                 $group['topic'],
                 $group['schedule'],
                 isset($group['description']) ? $group['description'] : null,
diff --git a/Tests/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfigurationTest.php b/Tests/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfigurationTest.php
index f5b47a1..a918809 100644
--- a/Tests/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Model/RecurringConsoleCommandConfigurationTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class RecurringConsoleCommandConfigurationTest extends TestCase
 {
     public function testCanBeConstructed()
     {
-        $config = new RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration('foo:bar', 'test', '30 1 * * *', 'a short description');
+        $config = new RecurringConsoleCommandConfiguration('foo:bar', [], 'test', '30 1 * * *', 'a short description');
         $this->assertEquals($config->getCommand(), 'foo:bar');
         $this->assertEquals($config->getTopic(), 'test');
         $this->assertEquals($config->getSchedule(), '30 1 * * *');