VS code's launch.json arguments inserting quotes, causing Django extensions to fail

Question

I am having trouble getting the "Run" option in VS Code working with Django Extensions. Django Extensions is an add-on which allows you to quickly spin up a TLS (SSL) endpoint.

The way I typically start django is ./manage.py runserver_plus --cert /tmp/ 8000. I am attempting to replicate the same command by using the following fields in launch.json:

            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/manage.py",
            "args": [
                "runserver_plus",
                "--cert /tmp/",
                "8000"
            ],

However, the execution in the terminal is as follows:

$ /home/farhan/src/axial/manage.py runserver_plus "--cert-file /tmp/abc123" 8000
usage: manage.py runserver_plus [-h] [--ipv6] [--noreload] [--browser] [--nothreading] [--threaded] [--output OUTPUT_FILE] [--print-sql] [--truncate-sql TRUNCATE_SQL] [--print-sql-location]
                                [--cert CERT_PATH | --cert-file CERT_PATH] [--key-file KEY_FILE_PATH] [--extra-file EXTRA_FILES] [--reloader-interval RELOADER_INTERVAL] [--reloader-type RELOADER_TYPE]
                                [--pdb] [--ipdb] [--pm] [--startup-messages STARTUP_MESSAGES] [--keep-meta-shutdown] [--nopin] [--nostatic] [--insecure] [--version] [-v {0,1,2,3}] [--settings SETTINGS]
                                [--pythonpath PYTHONPATH] [--traceback] [--no-color] [--force-color]
                                [addrport]
manage.py runserver_plus: error: unrecognized arguments: 8000

It seems that inserting is causing a problem. I have tried rearranging the second two arguments, but the result is no different.

Any insights? Thanks!