diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5efc0ec..4cee48b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Check [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) for recommendations on how
 * fix(lisp): Report error only inside the command's execution ([#389](../../pull/389))
 * fix: Correct entry file name to `eask.js` instead of `eask` ([#397](../../pull/397))
 * fix: Ensure that `eask.js` has Unix line-endings ([#398](../../pull/398))
+* fix: Correctly parse operands from the command arguments ([#401](../../pull/401))
 
 ## 0.12.x
 > Released Dec 02, 2025
diff --git a/cmds/core/emacs.js b/cmds/core/emacs.js
index 4581d0b9..53f350be 100644
--- a/cmds/core/emacs.js
+++ b/cmds/core/emacs.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ exports.handler = async (argv) => {
   let s_path = UTIL.el_script('core/emacs');
 
   let default_cmd = [EASK_EMACS, '-Q', '-l', s_path];
-  let rest = process.argv.slice(3);
+  let rest = UTIL.take_after(process.argv, EASK_EMACS);
   let cmd = default_cmd.concat(rest);
 
   UTIL.setup_env();
diff --git a/cmds/core/exec.js b/cmds/core/exec.js
index 3fd7558b..f791d14a 100644
--- a/cmds/core/exec.js
+++ b/cmds/core/exec.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exports.builder = async (yargs) => {
 };
 
 exports.handler = async (argv) => {
-  let cmd = process.argv.slice(3);
+  let cmd = UTIL.take_after(process.argv, 'exec');
 
   await UTIL.e_call(argv, 'core/exec', '--', cmd);
 
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index afc37011..cf562c54 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ function escape_str(str) {
   return str.replaceAll('\"', '\\"');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return arguments after matching string.
+ */
+function take_after(arr, str) {
+  let index = arr.indexOf(str);
+  if (index === -1)
+    return arr;
+  return arr.slice(index + 1);
+}
+
 /**
  * Return arguments after `--` in list.
  */
@@ -300,6 +310,7 @@ module.exports.which = which;
 module.exports.slash = slash;
 
 module.exports.escape_str = escape_str;
+module.exports.take_after = take_after;
 module.exports.cli_args = cli_args;
 module.exports.plugin_dir = plugin_dir;
 module.exports.def_flag = def_flag;