diff --git a/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh b/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
index 19a960103d..f163b2f0e2 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/storage/blogbench.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # they are total scores for all iterations (this is the blogbench default output)
 
 set -e
+set -x
 
 # General env
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ function main() {
 	check_ctr_images "${IMAGE}" "${DOCKERFILE}"
 	metrics_json_init
 
-	local output=$(sudo -E ${CTR_EXE} run --rm --runtime=${CTR_RUNTIME} ${IMAGE} test ${CMD})
+	local output=$(sudo -E "${CTR_EXE}" run --rm --runtime="${CTR_RUNTIME}" "${IMAGE}" test "${CMD}")
 
 	# Save configuration
 	metrics_json_start_array