diff --git a/scripts/makemcdevsrc.sh b/scripts/makemcdevsrc.sh
index 4af48a11d1..09349acce9 100755
--- a/scripts/makemcdevsrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/makemcdevsrc.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ papernms="Paper-Server/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server"
 mcdevsrc="${decompiledir}/src/net/minecraft/server"
 rm -rf "${mcdevsrc}"
 mkdir -p "${mcdevsrc}"
-cp ${nms}/*.java "${mcdevsrc}/"
+cp "${nms}"/*.java "${mcdevsrc}/"
 
 for file in "${nms}/"*
 do