diff --git a/libs/odmRunner.js b/libs/odmRunner.js
index 5c06375..005c018 100644
--- a/libs/odmRunner.js
+++ b/libs/odmRunner.js
@@ -127,8 +127,17 @@ module.exports = {
             const env = utils.clone(process.env);
             env.ODM_OPTIONS_TMP_FILE = utils.tmpPath(".json");
             env.ODM_PATH = config.odm_path;
+            const shEscape = s =>  {
+                if (/[^A-Za-z0-9_\/:=-]/.test(s)) {
+                    s = "'"+s.replace(/'/g,"'\\''")+"'";
+                    s = s.replace(/^(?:'')+/g, '')
+                    .replace(/\\'''/g, "\\'" );
+                }
+                return s;
+            }
+
             let childProcess = spawn(pythonExe, [path.join(__dirname, "..", "helpers", "odmOptionsToJson.py"),
-                    "--project-path", config.odm_path, "bogusname"], { env, stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
+                    "--project-path", shEscape(`"${config.odm_path}"`), "bogusname"], { env, stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
     
             // Cleanup on done
             let handleResult = (err, result) => {