diff --git a/ports/run/noux_shell_script.run b/ports/run/noux_shell_script.run
index e6cf6b6873..6985a06712 100644
--- a/ports/run/noux_shell_script.run
+++ b/ports/run/noux_shell_script.run
@@ -101,12 +101,18 @@ append config {
 			<content>
 				<dir name="home">
 					<dir name="user">
-						<inline name=".bash_profile">/home/test_script correct</inline>
-						<inline name="test_script">#!/bin/make -f
+						<inline name=".bash_profile">
+							/home/test_script1 correct
+							/home/test_script2 "execution of test_script2 succeeded"
+						</inline>
+						<inline name="test_script1">#!/bin/make -f
 wrong:
-	@echo "wrong target"
+	@echo "execution of test_script1 failed"
 correct:
-	@echo "correct target"
+	@echo "execution of test_script1 succeeded"
+						</inline>
+						<inline name="test_script2">#!/bin/bash
+echo "$1"
 						</inline>
 					</dir>
 				</dir>
diff --git a/ports/src/noux/child_env.h b/ports/src/noux/child_env.h
index a144dacf54..f2a095ab1e 100644
--- a/ports/src/noux/child_env.h
+++ b/ports/src/noux/child_env.h
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ namespace Noux {
 
 				/* append interpreter arguments to argument buffer */
 				size_t interpreter_args_len = eol - interpreter_line_cursor;
-				Genode::strncpy(&_args[args_buf_cursor],
-				                &binary_addr[interpreter_line_cursor],
-				                interpreter_args_len + 1);
-				args_buf_cursor += interpreter_args_len + 1;
+				if (interpreter_args_len > 0) {
+					Genode::strncpy(&_args[args_buf_cursor],
+									&binary_addr[interpreter_line_cursor],
+									interpreter_args_len + 1);
+					args_buf_cursor += interpreter_args_len + 1;
+				}
 
 				/* append script arguments to argument buffer */
 				Genode::memcpy(&_args[args_buf_cursor],