diff --git a/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py b/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py
index 9f73bdbc14..5f1a765608 100644
--- a/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py
+++ b/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ def _exec_command_internal(self, command, combine_stderr=False, bufsize=-1):  #
 
         if self.getcwd() is not None:
             escaped_folder = escape_for_bash(self.getcwd())
-            command_to_execute = (f'cd {escaped_folder} && {command}')
+            command_to_execute = (f'cd {escaped_folder} && ( {command} )')
         else:
             command_to_execute = command