diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/t0_main/jobs/job_repo_end_to_end.py b/tests/functional_tests/t0_main/jobs/job_repo_end_to_end.py
index b29fd363de5..148e87b8b4c 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/t0_main/jobs/job_repo_end_to_end.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/t0_main/jobs/job_repo_end_to_end.py
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@
 )
 assert "requirements.frozen.txt" in os.listdir(lp.project_dir)
 print(command)
-assert lp.override_args == ["--log-test"]
+print(lp.override_args)
+assert lp.override_args["log-test"] is True
diff --git a/wandb/apis/public.py b/wandb/apis/public.py
index df1a0a168d1..90fb8fe1c21 100644
--- a/wandb/apis/public.py
+++ b/wandb/apis/public.py
@@ -5198,7 +5198,7 @@ def _configure_launch_project_repo(self, launch_project):
         launch_project.add_entry_point(self._entrypoint)
         launch_project.python_version = self._source_info.get("runtime")
         if self._args:
-            launch_project.override_args = self._args
+            launch_project.override_args = util._user_args_to_dict(self._args)
 
     def _configure_launch_project_artifact(self, launch_project):
         artifact_string = self._source_info.get("source", {}).get("artifact")
@@ -5216,7 +5216,7 @@ def _configure_launch_project_artifact(self, launch_project):
         launch_project.add_entry_point(self._entrypoint)
         launch_project.python_version = self._source_info.get("runtime")
         if self._args:
-            launch_project.override_args = self._args
+            launch_project.override_args = util._user_args_to_dict(self._args)
 
     def _configure_launch_project_container(self, launch_project):
         launch_project.docker_image = self._source_info.get("source", {}).get("image")
@@ -5227,7 +5227,7 @@ def _configure_launch_project_container(self, launch_project):
         if self._entrypoint:
             launch_project.add_entry_point(self._entrypoint)
         if self._args:
-            launch_project.override_args = self._args
+            launch_project.override_args = util._user_args_to_dict(self._args)
 
     def set_entrypoint(self, entrypoint: List[str]):
         self._entrypoint = entrypoint