diff --git a/src/feature/updater-main.c b/src/feature/updater-main.c
index 154702637..4c7277203 100644
--- a/src/feature/updater-main.c
+++ b/src/feature/updater-main.c
@@ -213,10 +213,14 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	}
 	mCoreConfigDeinit(&config);
 	if (ok == 0) {
-		const char* argv[] = { bin, NULL };
 #ifdef _WIN32
+		char qbin[PATH_MAX + 2] = {0};
+		// Windows is a bad operating system
+		snprintf(qbin, sizeof(qbin), "\"%s\"", bin);
+		const char* argv[] = { qbin, NULL };
 		_execv(bin, argv);
 #elif defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) || defined(__APPLE__)
+		const char* argv[] = { bin, NULL };
 		execv(bin, argv);
 #endif
 	}