diff --git a/src/CLI/CLI.php b/src/CLI/CLI.php
index 0f437e8..a1a2b14 100644
--- a/src/CLI/CLI.php
+++ b/src/CLI/CLI.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public function parse(array $args): array
         unset($arg);
 
         foreach ($args as $arg) {
-            $pair = explode('=', $arg);
+            $pair = explode('=', $arg, 2);
             $key = $pair[0];
             $value = $pair[1];
             $output[$key][] = $value;
diff --git a/tests/CLI/CLITest.php b/tests/CLI/CLITest.php
index 26d61ab..a465956 100755
--- a/tests/CLI/CLITest.php
+++ b/tests/CLI/CLITest.php
@@ -247,4 +247,26 @@ public function testMatch()
 
         $this->assertEquals(null, $cli->match());
     }
+
+    public function testEscaping()
+    {
+        ob_start();
+
+        $database = 'appwrite://database_db_fra1_self_hosted_0_0?database=appwrite&namespace=_1';
+
+        $cli = new CLI(new Generic(), ['test.php', 'connect', '--database='.$database]);
+
+        $cli
+            ->task('connect')
+            ->param('database', null, new Text(2048), 'Database DSN')
+            ->action(function ($database) {
+                echo $database;
+            });
+
+        $cli->run();
+
+        $result = ob_get_clean();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($database, $result);
+    }
 }