diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a3cbbad0..41fce7534 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- fix: use git commit with double quotes for Windows [#612](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/612)
+
 ## 2024-11-23 - Runtime 0.14.0
 
 - feat: Apply in-code documentation to generated GraphQL [#519](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/519)
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts b/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts
index 36b325c34..cc4362423 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export default class NewCommand extends BaseCommand {
       if (createGitRepo) {
         await execFile("git", ["init"], execOpts);
         await execFile("git", ["add", "."], execOpts);
-        await execFile("git", ["commit", "-m", "'Initial Commit'"], execOpts);
+        await execFile("git", ["commit", "-m", `"Initial Commit"`], execOpts);
       }
     });