diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py b/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py
index 628f7b7f..339ce968 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ class GuiAutoImport (threading.Thread):
                 widget.set_label(u'  _Stop Autoimport  ')
                 if self.pipe_to_hud is None:
                     if os.name == 'nt':
-                        command = "python "+sys.path[0]+"\\HUD_main.py " + self.settings['cl_options']
+                        path = sys.path[0].replace('\\','\\\\')
+                        command = 'python "'+path+'\\HUD_main.py" ' + self.settings['cl_options']
                         bs = 0
                     else:
                         command = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'HUD_main.py')