diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts
index 468d9b3f6..d076d49d4 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/src/shell.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const shell = async (
       if (log) console.log(`[running]: ${command}`)
       return await execa(
         command,
-        args.filter((e) => e !== ''),
+        (args ?? []).filter((e) => e !== ''),
         {
           stdio: 'inherit',
           cwd: process.cwd(),