diff --git a/frappe/commands/utils.py b/frappe/commands/utils.py
index 50aae06990..81505e86a1 100644
--- a/frappe/commands/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/utils.py
@@ -280,7 +280,10 @@ def execute(context, method, args=None, kwargs=None, profile=False):
 				ret = frappe.get_attr(method)(*args, **kwargs)
 			except Exception:
 				# eval is safe here because input is from console
-				ret = eval(method + "(*args, **kwargs)", globals(), locals())  # nosemgrep
+				ret = eval(method, globals(), locals())  # nosemgrep
+				if callable(ret):
+					suffix = "(*args, **kwargs)"
+					ret = eval(method + suffix, globals(), locals())  # nosemgrep
 
 			if profile:
 				import pstats
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ def execute(context, method, args=None, kwargs=None, profile=False):
 		if ret:
 			from frappe.utils.response import json_handler
 
-			print(json.dumps(ret, default=json_handler))
+			print(json.dumps(ret, default=json_handler).strip('"'))
 
 	if not context.sites:
 		raise SiteNotSpecifiedError
diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_commands.py b/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
index 59f4c7c8fa..a875a7da15 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -224,18 +224,23 @@ class TestCommands(BaseTestCommands):
 		self.assertEqual(self.returncode, 0)
 		self.assertIsInstance(float(self.stdout), float)
 
-		# test 2: execute a command expecting an errored output as local won't exist
+		# test 2: execute a command accessing a normal attribute
 		self.execute("bench --site {site} execute frappe.local.site")
+		self.assertEqual(self.returncode, 0)
+		self.assertIsNotNone(self.stderr)
+
+		# test 3: execute a command expecting an errored output as lacol won't exist
+		self.execute("bench --site {site} execute frappe.lacol.site")
 		self.assertEqual(self.returncode, 1)
 		self.assertIsNotNone(self.stderr)
 
-		# test 3: execute a command with kwargs
-		# Note:
-		# terminal command has been escaped to avoid .format string replacement
-		# The returned value has quotes which have been trimmed for the test
-		self.execute("""bench --site {site} execute frappe.bold --kwargs '{{"text": "DocType"}}'""")
+		# test 4: execute a command with kwargs
+		self.execute(
+			"bench --site {site} execute frappe.bold --kwargs '{put_here}'",
+			{"put_here": '{"text": "DocType"}'},  # avoid escaping errors
+		)
 		self.assertEqual(self.returncode, 0)
-		self.assertEqual(self.stdout[1:-1], frappe.bold(text="DocType"))
+		self.assertEqual(self.stdout, frappe.bold(text="DocType"))
 
 	@run_only_if(db_type_is.MARIADB)
 	def test_restore(self):