diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6960dbd..bbb9bcd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This file keeps track of all notable changes to charm-jobbergate-agent.
 
 Unreleased
 ----------
+- Fixed the installation of the agent's addons on its virtual environment [ASP-4481]
 
 1.0.3 - 2024-04-18
 ------------------
diff --git a/src/jobbergate_agent_ops.py b/src/jobbergate_agent_ops.py
index ef2388e..fef21f8 100644
--- a/src/jobbergate_agent_ops.py
+++ b/src/jobbergate_agent_ops.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 JobbergateAgentOps.
 """
 import logging
+import shlex 
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import copy2, rmtree
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ def _install_extra_deps(self):
         """Install additional dependencies."""
         # Install uvicorn and pyyaml
         cmd = [self._PIP_CMD, "install", "uvicorn", "pyyaml"]
-        logger.debug(f"## Installing exra dependencies: {cmd}")
+        logger.debug(f"## Installing extra dependencies: {cmd}")
         try:
             subprocess.call(cmd, env=dict())
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@ def _install_jobbergate_agent(self):
             "-U",
             self._PACKAGE_NAME,
         ]
-        subprocess.call("echo {}".format(cmd).split())
         logger.debug(f"## Installing jobbergate: {cmd}")
         try:
             subprocess.call(cmd, env=dict())
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ def _install_jobbergate_addon(self, addon: str):
             self._PIP_CMD,
             "install",
             "-U",
-            addon,
-        ]
-        subprocess.call("echo {}".format(cmd).split())
+        ] + shlex.split(addon)
         logger.debug(f"## Installing jobbergate-addons: {cmd}")
         try:
             subprocess.call(cmd, env=dict())