diff --git a/R/save_kable.R b/R/save_kable.R
index 3c3a5fa..8238552 100644
--- a/R/save_kable.R
+++ b/R/save_kable.R
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
   owd <- setwd(dirname(temp_tex_file))
 
-  system(paste0("xelatex -interaction=batchmode ", temp_tex_file))
+  system(paste0('xelatex -interaction=batchmode "', temp_tex_file,'"'))
   if (!keep_tex) {
     temp_file_delete <- paste0(file_no_ext, c(".tex", ".aux", ".log"))
     unlink(temp_file_delete)