diff --git a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py
index fcf7f93d..2f28476f 100644
--- a/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py
+++ b/packages/base/all/vendor-config-onl/src/python/onl/install/ShellApp.py
@@ -242,8 +242,10 @@ class OnieSysinfoApp(SubprocessMixin, object):
         with InitrdContext(initrd=initrd, log=self.log) as ctx:
             cmd = ['onie-sysinfo',]
             cmd.extend(self.args)
+            self.log.info("foo!")
+            cmd = 'IFS=;' + " ".join(cmd)
             cmd = ('chroot', ctx.dir,
-                   '/bin/sh', '-c', 'IFS=;' + " ".join(cmd))
+                   '/bin/sh', '-c', cmd,)
             try:
                 self.output = self.check_output(cmd)
                 ret = 0