diff --git a/examples/whisper.nvim/whisper.nvim b/examples/whisper.nvim/whisper.nvim
index 8807fac0..203eddb5 100755
--- a/examples/whisper.nvim/whisper.nvim
+++ b/examples/whisper.nvim/whisper.nvim
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ model="base.en"
 
 # export the path to the whisper.cpp repo in the WHISPER_CPP_HOME env variable
 # https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
-cd ${WHISPER_CPP_HOME}
+cd "${WHISPER_CPP_HOME}"
 
 if [ ! -f ./stream ] ; then
     echo "whisper.nvim: the 'stream' executable was not found! WHISPER_CPP_HOME=${WHISPER_CPP_HOME}" > /tmp/whisper.nvim
diff --git a/models/download-ggml-model.cmd b/models/download-ggml-model.cmd
index f4ce6339..8220ac59 100644
--- a/models/download-ggml-model.cmd
+++ b/models/download-ggml-model.cmd
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ goto :eof
 :download_model
 echo Downloading ggml model %model%...
 
-cd %models_path%
+cd "%models_path%"
 
 if exist "ggml-%model%.bin" (
   echo Model %model% already exists. Skipping download.