diff --git a/bashrc_example b/bashrc_example
index 536f45a..4569ba7 100644
--- a/bashrc_example
+++ b/bashrc_example
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Add the following lines to your .bashrc for autojump to work
 
-export PROMPT_COMMAND='autojump.py -a $(pwd -P)'
+export PROMPT_COMMAND='autojump.py -a "$(pwd -P)"'
 alias jstat="autojump.py --stat"
 function j { new_path=$(autojump.py $@);if [ -n "$new_path" ]; then echo -e "\\033[31m${new_path}\\033[0m"; echo; cd "$new_path";ls -ltr --color=yes| tail -n 60;fi }