diff --git a/systemd/grive-sync.sh b/systemd/grive-sync.sh
index 42d6ae8..bb837ba 100755
--- a/systemd/grive-sync.sh
+++ b/systemd/grive-sync.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ listen_directory() {
 	while true #run indefinitely
 	do 
 		# Use a different call to not need to change exit into return
-		inotifywait -q -r -e modify,attrib,close_write,move,create,delete --exclude ".grive_state|.grive" "${_directory}" > /dev/null 2>&1 && ${SCRIPT} sync "${_directory}"
+		inotifywait -q -r -e modify,attrib,close_write,move,create,delete --exclude ".grive_state|.grive" "${_directory}" > /dev/null 2>&1 && ${SCRIPT} sync $(systemd-escape "${_directory}")
 		#echo ${SCRIPT} "${_directory}"
 	done