diff --git a/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh b/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh
index 70c3b6487..b8a50aa0d 100644
--- a/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh
+++ b/startkde/plasma-sourceenv.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ do
     . $i >/dev/null
 done
 
-env
+env -0
diff --git a/startkde/startplasma.cpp b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
index e0f7004b4..cb4eda2b8 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma.cpp
+++ b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void sourceFiles(const QStringList &files)
     p.waitForFinished(-1);
 
     const auto fullEnv = p.readAllStandardOutput();
-    auto envs = fullEnv.split('\n');
+    auto envs = fullEnv.split('\0');
 
     for (auto &env: envs) {
         if (env.startsWith("_=") || env.startsWith("SHLVL"))