diff --git a/imclient/imclient.py b/imclient/imclient.py
index 06ba761..b14a6ba 100755
--- a/imclient/imclient.py
+++ b/imclient/imclient.py
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ def run(radl, show_only=False):
                 ops = CmdSsh._connect_password(radl)
 
             if show_only:
-                print(" ".join(ops))
+                for op in ops:
+                    if "ProxyCommand" in op:
+                        op = "'" + op + "'"
+                    print(op, end=" ")
             else:
                 os.execlp(ops[0], *ops)
         except OSError as e:
@@ -199,12 +202,13 @@ def _connect_password(radl):
             ssh_args = CmdSsh._get_proxy_command(radl, ip, s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.username"))
 
         res = ["sshpass", "-p%s" % s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.password"),
-               "ssh", "-p", ssh_port, "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
-               "%s@%s" % (s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.username"), ip)]
+               "ssh", "-p", ssh_port, "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"]
 
         if ssh_args:
             res.extend(ssh_args)
 
+        res.append("%s@%s" % (s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.username"), ip))
+
         return res
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -222,11 +226,10 @@ def _connect_key(radl):
             ssh_args = CmdSsh._get_proxy_command(radl, ip, s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.username"))
 
         res = ["ssh", "-p", ssh_port, "-i", f.name, "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
-               "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
-               "%s@%s" % (s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.username"), ip)]
-
+               "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no"]
         if ssh_args:
             res.extend(ssh_args)
+        res.append("%s@%s" % (s.getValue("disk.0.os.credentials.username"), ip))
 
         return res
 
diff --git a/test/unit/test_client.py b/test/unit/test_client.py
index eeaad6a..e445ab2 100755
--- a/test/unit/test_client.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_client.py
@@ -1086,8 +1086,8 @@ def test_sshvm(self, server_proxy):
         self.assertEquals(res, True)
         output = out.getvalue().strip()
         self.assertIn("sshpass -pyoyoyo ssh -p 22 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "
-                      "ubuntu@10.0.0.1 -o ProxyCommand=sshpass -p passwd ssh -W %h:%p -p 22"
-                      " -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no username@someserver.com", output)
+                      "-o 'ProxyCommand=sshpass -p passwd ssh -W %h:%p -p 22"
+                      " -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no username@someserver.com' ubuntu@10.0.0.1", output)
         sys.stdout = oldstdout
         sys.stderr = oldstderr
 
@@ -1146,9 +1146,9 @@ def test_sshvm_via_master(self, server_proxy):
         self.assertEquals(res, True)
         output = out.getvalue().strip()
         self.assertIn("ssh -p 22 -i /tmp/", output)
-        self.assertIn(" -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@10.0.0.2"
-                      " -o ProxyCommand=ssh -W %h:%p -i /var/tmp/ubuntu_ubuntu_10.0.0.2.pem -p 22"
-                      " -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@8.8.8.8", output)
+        self.assertIn(" -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
+                      " -o 'ProxyCommand=ssh -W %h:%p -i /var/tmp/ubuntu_ubuntu_10.0.0.2.pem -p 22"
+                      " -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@8.8.8.8' ubuntu@10.0.0.2", output)
         sys.stdout = oldstdout
         sys.stderr = oldstderr