diff --git a/bin/dkpurge b/bin/dkpurge
index bd153b5..0c75f73 100755
--- a/bin/dkpurge
+++ b/bin/dkpurge
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ if [ -n "$PS" ]; then
     $READ
     case "${ANS,,}" in
         'y'|'yes'|'')
-            echo "$PS" | xargs docker rm 2> /dev/null
+            docker rm "$PS" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
         'a'|'all')
-            echo "$PS" | xargs docker rm -f
+            docker rm -f "$PS"
             ;;
     esac
 fi
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if [ -n "$VOL" ]; then
     $READ
     case "${ANS,,}" in
         'y'|'yes'|'a'|'all'|'')
-            echo "$VOL" | xargs docker volume rm -f 2> /dev/null
+            docker volume rm -f "$VOL" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
     esac
 fi
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ if [ -n "$IMG" ]; then
                     TO_CLEAN="$TO_CLEAN $img"
                 fi
             done
-            echo "$TO_CLEAN" | xargs docker image rm -f 2> /dev/null
+            docker image rm -f "$TO_CLEAN" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
         'a'|'all')
-            echo "$IMG" | xargs docker image rm -f 2> /dev/null
+            docker image rm -f "$IMG" 2> /dev/null
             ;;
     esac
 fi