diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_burnin.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_burnin.py
index 81d96a09da..856238d00f 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_burnin.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_burnin.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import json
 import copy
+import tempfile
 
 import pype.api
 import pyblish
@@ -222,12 +223,30 @@ class ExtractBurnin(pype.api.Extractor):
                 # Dump data to string
                 dumped_script_data = json.dumps(script_data)
 
+                # Store dumped json to temporary file
+                temporary_json_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+                    mode="w", suffix=".json", delete=False
+                )
+                temporary_json_file.write(dumped_script_data)
+                temporary_json_file.close()
+                temporary_json_filepath = temporary_json_file.name.replace(
+                    "\\", "/"
+                )
+
                 # Prepare subprocess arguments
-                args = [executable, scriptpath, dumped_script_data]
-                self.log.debug("Executing: {}".format(args))
+                args = [
+                    "\"{}\"".format(executable),
+                    "\"{}\"".format(scriptpath),
+                    "\"{}\"".format(temporary_json_filepath)
+                ]
+                subprcs_cmd = " ".join(args)
+                self.log.debug("Executing: {}".format(subprcs_cmd))
 
                 # Run burnin script
-                pype.api.subprocess(args, shell=True, logger=self.log)
+                pype.api.subprocess(subprcs_cmd, shell=True, logger=self.log)
+
+                # Remove the temporary json
+                os.remove(temporary_json_filepath)
 
                 for filepath in temp_data["full_input_paths"]:
                     filepath = filepath.replace("\\", "/")
diff --git a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
index ef09661f6e..a2a4147821 100644
--- a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
+++ b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
@@ -578,7 +578,10 @@ def burnins_from_data(
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("* Burnin script started")
-    in_data = json.loads(sys.argv[-1])
+    in_data_json_path = sys.argv[-1]
+    with open(in_data_json_path, "r") as file_stream:
+        in_data = json.load(file_stream)
+
     burnins_from_data(
         in_data["input"],
         in_data["output"],