diff --git a/src/command/cmd_funcs.c b/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
index 4d7a821b..ca58fc15 100644
--- a/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
+++ b/src/command/cmd_funcs.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ cmd_connect(ProfWin* window, const char* const command, gchar** args)
             // use eval_password if set
         } else if (account->eval_password) {
             gboolean res = account_eval_password(account);
+            ui_resize();
             if (res) {
                 conn_status = cl_ev_connect_account(account);
                 free(account->password);
diff --git a/src/config/account.c b/src/config/account.c
index cf9650f6..76f96bfb 100644
--- a/src/config/account.c
+++ b/src/config/account.c
@@ -138,13 +138,23 @@ account_eval_password(ProfAccount* account)
     gchar* stdout_buf = NULL;
     GError* error = NULL;
     gint exit_status = 0;
+    gchar** argv = NULL;
 
-    if (!g_spawn_command_line_sync(account->eval_password, &stdout_buf, NULL, &exit_status, &error)) {
-        log_error("Failed to execute `eval_password` command: %s", error->message);
+    if (!g_shell_parse_argv(account->eval_password, NULL, &argv, &error)) {
+        log_error("Failed to parse `eval_password` command: %s", error->message);
         g_error_free(error);
         return FALSE;
     }
 
+    if (!g_spawn_sync(NULL, argv, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH | G_SPAWN_CHILD_INHERITS_STDIN, NULL, NULL, &stdout_buf, NULL, &exit_status, &error)) {
+        log_error("Failed to execute `eval_password` command: %s", error->message);
+        g_strfreev(argv);
+        g_error_free(error);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    g_strfreev(argv);
+
     if (WIFEXITED(exit_status) && WEXITSTATUS(exit_status) == 0) {
         account->password = stdout_buf;
         g_strstrip(account->password);