diff --git a/lua/blink-ripgrep/init.lua b/lua/blink-ripgrep/init.lua
index 285f848..e3e8aca 100644
--- a/lua/blink-ripgrep/init.lua
+++ b/lua/blink-ripgrep/init.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function RgSource.new(opts)
         "--ignore-case",
         "--",
         prefix .. "[\\w_-]+",
-        vim.fs.root(0, ".git") or vim.fn.getcwd(),
+        vim.fn.fnameescape(vim.fs.root(0, ".git") or vim.fn.getcwd()),
       }
     end,
     get_prefix = opts.get_prefix or function(_)