diff --git a/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py b/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py
index 7439bd270ef..9c2bfb1f87b 100644
--- a/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py
+++ b/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ import subprocess
 def get_runner_status(target_runners, token):
     offline_runners = []
 
-    cmd = (
-        f'curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"'
-        " https://api.github.com/repos/huggingface/transformers/actions/runners"
-    )
+    cmd = [
+        "curl",
+        "-H",
+        "Accept: application/vnd.github+json",
+        "-H",
+        f"Authorization: Bearer {token}",
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/huggingface/transformers/actions/runners",
+    ]
+
     output = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     o = output.stdout.decode("utf-8")
     status = json.loads(o)