diff --git a/priv/templates/simplenode.windows.start_erl.cmd b/priv/templates/simplenode.windows.start_erl.cmd
index 33d21d0..ef38d52 100644
--- a/priv/templates/simplenode.windows.start_erl.cmd
+++ b/priv/templates/simplenode.windows.start_erl.cmd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @rem Other args are position dependent.
 @set args="%*"
 @for /F "delims=++ tokens=1,2,3" %%I in (%args%) do @(
-    @call :set_trim erl_args %%I
+    @set erl_args=%%I
     @call :set_trim node_name %%J
     @call :set_trim node_root %%K
 )