diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/libs/desktop/bonsai b/src/bonsai/bonsai/libs/desktop/bonsai
index f441c4113a..9842aa6f8d 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/libs/desktop/bonsai
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/libs/desktop/bonsai
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 
 : ${BLENDER_EXE:=blender}
 
+
+ESCAPED_FILEPATH="${@//\"/\\\"}"
+
 if [[ $# -eq 1 && -f "$@" ]]; then
-    "${BLENDER_EXE}" --python-expr 'import bpy; bpy.data.batch_remove(bpy.data.objects); bpy.ops.outliner.orphans_purge(do_local_ids=True, do_linked_ids=True, do_recursive=True); bpy.ops.bim.load_project(filepath="'"$@"'")'
+    "${BLENDER_EXE}" --python-expr 'import bpy; bpy.data.batch_remove(bpy.data.objects); bpy.ops.outliner.orphans_purge(do_local_ids=True, do_linked_ids=True, do_recursive=True); bpy.ops.bim.load_project(filepath="'"${ESCAPED_FILEPATH}"'")'
 else
     "${BLENDER_EXE}" --python-expr 'import bpy; bpy.data.batch_remove(bpy.data.objects); bpy.ops.outliner.orphans_purge(do_local_ids=True, do_linked_ids=True, do_recursive=True); bpy.ops.bim.create_project()'
 fi;