diff --git a/poethepoet/helpers/command/__init__.py b/poethepoet/helpers/command/__init__.py
index 82ebf135..bc8e0093 100644
--- a/poethepoet/helpers/command/__init__.py
+++ b/poethepoet/helpers/command/__init__.py
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ def finalize_token(token_parts):
 
     for word in line:
         # For each token part indicate whether it is a glob
+        token_parts: List[Tuple[str, bool]] = []
         for segment in word:
-            token_parts: List[Tuple[str, bool]] = []
-
             for element in segment:
                 if isinstance(element, ParamExpansion):
                     param_value = env.get(element.param_name, "")
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/cmds_project/pyproject.toml b/tests/fixtures/cmds_project/pyproject.toml
index fabe00c8..a36e010b 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/cmds_project/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/cmds_project/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 tool.poe.tasks.show_env = "poe_test_env"
 
+tool.poe.tasks.ls_color = "poe_test_echo --color='always' \"a\"' b 'c"
+
 [tool.poe.tasks.echo]
 cmd = "poe_test_echo POE_ROOT:$POE_ROOT ${BEST_PASSWORD}, task_args:"
 help = "It says what you say"
diff --git a/tests/test_cmd_tasks.py b/tests/test_cmd_tasks.py
index 2481c02b..6b12b07a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd_tasks.py
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ def test_cmd_task_with_cwd_option_arg(run_poe_subproc, poe_project_path):
     assert result.stderr == ""
 
 
+def test_cmd_with_complex_token(run_poe_subproc):
+    result = run_poe_subproc("ls_color", project="cmds")
+    assert result.capture == "Poe => poe_test_echo --color=always 'a b c'\n"
+    assert result.stdout == "--color=always a b c\n"
+    assert result.stderr == ""
+
+
 def test_cmd_task_with_with_glob_arg_and_cwd(
     run_poe_subproc, poe_project_path, is_windows
 ):