diff --git a/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl b/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl
index 795351d0f4..ab75888309 100644
--- a/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl
+++ b/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require ESL;
 
-my $command = join(" ", @ARGV);
+my $command = shift;
+my $args = join(" ", @ARGV);
+
 my $con = new ESL::ESLconnection("localhost", "8021", "ClueCon");
-my $e = $con->sendRecv("api $command");
+my $e = $con->api($command, $args);
 print $e->getBody();