diff --git a/src/main/bash/sdkman-utils.sh b/src/main/bash/sdkman-utils.sh
index 02917646..47aac23f 100644
--- a/src/main/bash/sdkman-utils.sh
+++ b/src/main/bash/sdkman-utils.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function __sdkman_secure_curl_with_timeouts {
 
 function __sdkman_page {
 	if [[ -n "$PAGER" ]]; then
-		"$@" | $PAGER
+		"$@" | eval $PAGER
 	elif command -v less >& /dev/null; then
 		"$@" | less
 	else