diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4442f35e59..bb082ad635 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - Fix writing files to a remote outdir in the NfcoreTemplate helper functions ([#2465](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2465))
 - Fancier syntax highlighting for example samplesheets in the usage.md template ([#2503](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2503))
+- Use closure for multiqc ext.args ([#2509](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2509))
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/modules.config b/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/modules.config
index 39e8138653..d91c6aba0b 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/modules.config
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/modules.config
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ process {
     }
 
     withName: 'MULTIQC' {
-        ext.args   = params.multiqc_title ? "--title \"$params.multiqc_title\"" : ''
+        ext.args   = { params.multiqc_title ? "--title \"$params.multiqc_title\"" : '' }
         publishDir = [
             path: { "${params.outdir}/multiqc" },
             mode: params.publish_dir_mode,