diff --git a/pype/plugins/standalonepublisher/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/pype/plugins/standalonepublisher/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index cddc9c3a82..5882775083 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/standalonepublisher/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/standalonepublisher/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class ExtractThumbnailSP(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         else:
             # Convert to jpeg if not yet
             full_input_path = os.path.join(thumbnail_repre["stagingDir"], file)
+            full_input_path = '"{}"'.format(full_input_path)
             self.log.info("input {}".format(full_input_path))
 
             full_thumbnail_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".jpg")[1]