diff --git a/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/rebuild-and-bootstrap.sh b/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/rebuild-and-bootstrap.sh
index 95cb6c4..55dd510 100755
--- a/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/rebuild-and-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/rebuild-and-bootstrap.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ populate_nodes() {
 remote() {
   local host_ip="$1"
   local cmd="$2"
-  ssh $SSH_OPTS "$ACTIVE_SSH_USER@$host_ip" "$cmd"
+  local quoted_cmd
+  quoted_cmd="$(printf '%q' "$cmd")"
+  ssh $SSH_OPTS "$ACTIVE_SSH_USER@$host_ip" "bash -lc $quoted_cmd"
 }
 
 detect_ssh_user() {
diff --git a/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/reset-cluster-nodes.sh b/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/reset-cluster-nodes.sh
index b137f7e..e740dee 100755
--- a/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/reset-cluster-nodes.sh
+++ b/nixos/kubeadm/scripts/reset-cluster-nodes.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ reset_node() {
   local node_name="$1"
   local node_ip="$2"
   echo "==> Resetting $node_name ($node_ip)"
-  ssh $SSH_OPTS "$ACTIVE_SSH_USER@$node_ip" "sudo kubeadm reset -f && sudo systemctl stop kubelet && sudo rm -rf /etc/kubernetes /var/lib/etcd /var/lib/cni /etc/cni/net.d"
+  local cmd="sudo kubeadm reset -f && sudo systemctl stop kubelet && sudo rm -rf /etc/kubernetes /var/lib/etcd /var/lib/cni /etc/cni/net.d"
+  local quoted_cmd
+  quoted_cmd="$(printf '%q' "$cmd")"
+  ssh $SSH_OPTS "$ACTIVE_SSH_USER@$node_ip" "bash -lc $quoted_cmd"
 }
 
 FIRST_NODE_IP="${NODE_IPS[$(printf '%s\n' "${!NODE_IPS[@]}" | sort -V | head -n1)]}"