diff --git a/helper/audio-helper.rb b/helper/audio-helper.rb
index a57c43a..0868496 100644
--- a/helper/audio-helper.rb
+++ b/helper/audio-helper.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def self.extract(file_name, save_dir)
         end
         no_ext_filename = File.basename(file_name, File.extname(file_name))
         output_file_path = File.join(save_dir, "#{no_ext_filename}.#{output_extension}")
-        escaped_output_file_path = Shellwords.escape(output_file_path)
+        escaped_output_file_path = UtilityHelper.make_shellsafe_path(output_file_path)
         if File.exist?(output_file_path)
           puts "Audio file seems to exist already, removing it before extraction."
           File.delete(output_file_path)
diff --git a/helper/utility-helper.rb b/helper/utility-helper.rb
index 34ea3b4..5d9256f 100644
--- a/helper/utility-helper.rb
+++ b/helper/utility-helper.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def self.jruby?
 
     def self.make_shellsafe_path(path)
       # JRuby cannot open some paths that are escaped with Shellwords.escape so this is a workaround.
-      if jruby?
+      if jruby? || windows?
         '"' + path + '"'
       else
         Shellwords.escape(path)