diff --git a/thefuck/shells/bash.py b/thefuck/shells/bash.py
index f914163f..d6f4cdff 100644
--- a/thefuck/shells/bash.py
+++ b/thefuck/shells/bash.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import bashlex
 from ..conf import settings
 from ..utils import memoize
 from .generic import Generic
@@ -46,13 +45,3 @@ class Bash(Generic):
         else:
             config = 'bash config'
         return 'eval $(thefuck --alias)', config
-
-    def split_command(self, command):
-        generic = Generic()
-
-        # If bashlex fails for some reason, fallback to shlex
-        # See https://github.com/idank/bashlex#limitations
-        try:
-            return generic.decode_utf8(list(bashlex.split(generic.encode_utf8(command))))
-        except:
-            return generic.split_command(command)
diff --git a/thefuck/shells/generic.py b/thefuck/shells/generic.py
index ec38df1c..9aa65b3b 100644
--- a/thefuck/shells/generic.py
+++ b/thefuck/shells/generic.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import shlex
+import bashlex
 import six
 from ..utils import memoize
 from ..conf import settings
@@ -64,8 +65,19 @@ class Generic(object):
         return
 
     def split_command(self, command):
-        """Split the command using shell-like syntax."""
-        return self.decode_utf8(shlex.split(self.encode_utf8(command)))
+        """Split the command using shell-like syntax.
+
+        If bashlex fails for some reason, fallback to shlex
+        See https://github.com/idank/bashlex#limitations
+        """
+        encoded = self.encode_utf8(command)
+
+        try:
+            splitted = list(bashlex.split(encoded))
+        except Exception:
+            splitted = shlex.split(encoded)
+
+        return self.decode_utf8(splitted)
 
     def encode_utf8(self, command):
         if six.PY2: