--- podman_compose.py~	2023-04-09 06:02:10.000000000 -0500
+++ podman_compose.py	2023-04-11 11:29:30.904032694 -0500
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@
         cnt["working_dir"] = args.workdir
     env = dict(cnt.get("environment", {}))
     if args.env:
-        additional_env_vars = dict(map(lambda each: each.split("="), args.env))
+        additional_env_vars = dict(map(lambda each: each.split("=", 1), args.env))
         env.update(additional_env_vars)
         cnt["environment"] = env
     if not args.service_ports: