diff --git a/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_drop_frame.py b/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_drop_frame.py
index e13f701b30..a7abe1b24c 100644
--- a/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_drop_frame.py
+++ b/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_drop_frame.py
@@ -268,9 +268,10 @@ class DropDataFrame(QtWidgets.QFrame):
         args = [
             ffprobe_path,
             '-v', 'quiet',
-            '-print_format', 'json',
+            '-print_format json',
             '-show_format',
-            '-show_streams', filepath
+            '-show_streams',
+            '"{}"'.format(filepath)
         ]
         ffprobe_p = subprocess.Popen(
             ' '.join(args),