diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index b3af87eb69ede6f71310146a31dc00dc50fce799..cff94cf1e8d543b80e18c51efc22bb43aa2a6d63 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RUN declare -A target=(                                                 \
       ["linux/arm64"]="aarch64"                                         \
     )                                                                   \
  && target=${target[${TARGETPLATFORM}]}                                 \
- && spack config --scope site add "packages:all:target:${target}"       \
+ && spack config --scope site add "packages:all:target:[${target}]"     \
  && spack config blame packages                                         \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:suppress_gpg_warnings:true"   \
  && spack config --scope user add "config:build_jobs:${jobs}"           \