diff --git a/recipes-extended/images/container-app-base.bb b/recipes-extended/images/container-app-base.bb
index eabef989..34381ed2 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/images/container-app-base.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/images/container-app-base.bb
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ CONTAINER_APP_CMD ?= "date"
 CONTAINER_APP ?= ""
 
 OCI_IMAGE_ENTRYPOINT = "${CONTAINER_APP_CMD}"
-IMAGE_INSTALL:append = "${CONTAINER_APP}"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " ${CONTAINER_APP}"