diff --git a/compose/bin/docker-stats b/compose/bin/docker-stats
index 83cac7a78..4f48ff51d 100755
--- a/compose/bin/docker-stats
+++ b/compose/bin/docker-stats
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-container_ids=$(bin/docker-compose ps -q)
+IFS=$'\n' read -d '' -r -a container_ids < <(bin/docker-compose ps -q)
 
-if [ -z "$container_ids" ]; then
+if [ ${#container_ids[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "No active containers found"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-docker stats "$container_ids"
+docker stats "${container_ids[@]}"