diff --git a/podman_compose.py b/podman_compose.py
index 976d641..7cd0055 100755
--- a/podman_compose.py
+++ b/podman_compose.py
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ class Podman:
         return subprocess.check_output(cmd_ls)
 
     def run(self, podman_args, cmd='', cmd_args=None, wait=True, sleep=1, obj=None):
-        cmd_args = cmd_args or []
+        cmd_args = list(map(str, cmd_args or []))
         xargs = self.compose.get_podman_args(cmd) if cmd else []
         cmd_ls = [self.podman_path, *podman_args, cmd] + xargs + cmd_args
         print(" ".join(cmd_ls))