diff --git a/detox/local-cli/test.js b/detox/local-cli/test.js
index 1975c9a16f..8d02da63ea 100644
--- a/detox/local-cli/test.js
+++ b/detox/local-cli/test.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ module.exports.handler = function main(program) {
     const platformString = platform ? shellQuote(`--testNamePattern=^((?!${getPlatformSpecificString(platform)}).)*$`) : '';
     const binPath = path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'jest');
     const color = program.color ? '' : ' --no-color';
-    const command = `${binPath} ${testFolder} ${configFile}${color} --maxWorkers=${program.workers} ${platformString} ${collectExtraArgs()}`;
+    const command = `${binPath} "${testFolder}" ${configFile}${color} --maxWorkers=${program.workers} ${platformString} ${collectExtraArgs()}`;
     const detoxEnvironmentVariables = {
       configuration: program.configuration,
       loglevel: program.loglevel,
diff --git a/detox/local-cli/test.test.js b/detox/local-cli/test.test.js
index c7df75d832..1c03cff18a 100644
--- a/detox/local-cli/test.test.js
+++ b/detox/local-cli/test.test.js
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ describe('test', () => {
       } catch (e) {
         console.log(e);
       }
+
       expect(mockExec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         expect.stringContaining(
-          "node_modules/.bin/jest e2e --config=e2e/config.json --no-color --maxWorkers=1 '--testNamePattern=^((?!:ios:).)*$'"
+          `node_modules/.bin/jest \"e2e\" --config=e2e/config.json --no-color --maxWorkers=1 \'--testNamePattern=^((?!:ios:).)*$\'`
         ),
         expect.anything()
       );