diff --git a/forgit.plugin.sh b/forgit.plugin.sh
index 7da37ae..2b2003c 100755
--- a/forgit.plugin.sh
+++ b/forgit.plugin.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ __forgit_ignore_update() {
 }
 __forgit_ignore_get() {
     mkdir -p $FORGIT_GI_CACHE
-    echo $@ |xargs -I{} bash -c "cat $FORGIT_GI_CACHE/{} 2>/dev/null || (curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/{} |tee $FORGIT_GI_CACHE/{})"
+    for item in "$@"; do
+        cat "$FORGIT_GI_CACHE/$item" 2>/dev/null || (curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/{} |tee "$FORGIT_GI_CACHE/$item")
+    done
 }
 __forgit_ignore_clean() {
     [[ -d $FORGIT_GI_CACHE ]] && rm -rf $FORGIT_GI_CACHE
diff --git a/forgit.plugin.zsh b/forgit.plugin.zsh
index bc53dd6..95640b3 100644
--- a/forgit.plugin.zsh
+++ b/forgit.plugin.zsh
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ forgit::ignore::update() {
 }
 forgit::ignore::get() {
     mkdir -p $FORGIT_GI_CACHE
-    echo $@ |xargs -I{} bash -c "cat $FORGIT_GI_CACHE/{} 2>/dev/null || (curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/{} |tee $FORGIT_GI_CACHE/{})"
+    for item in "$@"; do
+        cat "$FORGIT_GI_CACHE/$item" 2>/dev/null || (curl -sL https://www.gitignore.io/api/{} |tee "$FORGIT_GI_CACHE/$item")
+    done
 }
 forgit::ignore::clean() {
     setopt localoptions rmstarsilent