diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 2a98b941b6..a17d01e0c0 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ CMAKE_EXTRA="-DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=${LLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS:-ON} -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=
 CTEST_EXTRA=""
 
 # Default to use make unless specified for compatibility
-CMAKE_GENERATOR=(-G "Unix Makefiles")
+CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
 
 if [ -n "${GG_BUILD_NINJA}" ]; then
-    CMAKE_GENERATOR=(-G Ninja)
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR="Ninja"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_METAL} ]; then
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function gg_run_ctest_debug {
     # Check cmake and ctest are installed
     gg_check_build_requirements
 
-    (time cmake "${CMAKE_GENERATOR[@]}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time cmake --build . --config Debug -j$(nproc)) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
     (time ctest -C Debug --output-on-failure -L main -E "test-opt|test-backend-ops" ${CTEST_EXTRA}) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-ctest.log
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function gg_run_ctest_release {
     # Check cmake and ctest are installed
     gg_check_build_requirements
 
-    (time cmake "${CMAKE_GENERATOR[@]}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc)) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
     if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_LOW_PERF} ]; then
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ function gg_run_qwen3_0_6b {
 
     set -e
 
-    (time cmake "${CMAKE_GENERATOR[@]}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc)) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
     python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf  --outtype f16
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ function gg_run_embd_bge_small {
 
     set -e
 
-    (time cmake "${CMAKE_GENERATOR[@]}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc)) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
     python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ function gg_run_rerank_tiny {
 
     set -e
 
-    (time cmake "${CMAKE_GENERATOR[@]}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
+    (time cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${CMAKE_EXTRA} .. ) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-cmake.log
     (time cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc)) 2>&1 | tee -a $OUT/${ci}-make.log
 
     python3 ../convert_hf_to_gguf.py ${path_models} --outfile ${path_models}/ggml-model-f16.gguf