diff --git a/scripts/blocknotify.c b/scripts/blocknotify.c
index a1190960..3c7f6122 100644
--- a/scripts/blocknotify.c
+++ b/scripts/blocknotify.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Build with:
 
 
 Example usage in daemon coin.conf using default NOMP CLI port of 17117
-    blocknotify="/bin/blocknotify 127.0.0.1:17117 dogecoin %s"
+    blocknotify=sh -c "/bin/blocknotify 127.0.0.1:17117 dogecoin %s"