diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/windows-text/bin/karaf.bat b/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/windows-text/bin/karaf.bat
index 5955175..7f9a0b6 100755
--- a/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/windows-text/bin/karaf.bat
+++ b/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/windows-text/bin/karaf.bat
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ if "%KARAF_PROFILER%" == "" goto :RUN
     goto :RUN_LOOP
 
 :EXECUTE_CLEAN
-    rmdir /S /Q %KARAF_DATA%
+    rmdir /S /Q "%KARAF_DATA%"
     shift
     goto :RUN_LOOP
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ if "%KARAF_PROFILER%" == "" goto :RUN
 :EXECUTE
     SET ARGS=%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8
     rem Execute the Java Virtual Machine
-    cd %KARAF_BASE%
+    cd "%KARAF_BASE%"
     "%JAVA%" %JAVA_OPTS% %OPTS% -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -Djava.endorsed.dirs="%JAVA_HOME%\jre\lib\endorsed;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\endorsed;%KARAF_HOME%\lib\endorsed" -Djava.ext.dirs="%JAVA_HOME%\jre\lib\ext;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\ext;%KARAF_HOME%\lib\ext" -Dkaraf.instances="%KARAF_HOME%\instances" -Dkaraf.home="%KARAF_HOME%" -Dkaraf.base="%KARAF_BASE%" -Djava.io.tmpdir="%KARAF_DATA%\tmp" -Dkaraf.data="%KARAF_DATA%" -Djava.util.logging.config.file="%KARAF_BASE%\etc\java.util.logging.properties" %KARAF_OPTS% %MAIN% %ARGS%
 
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