diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b29cb4c8..6fdd81c96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2025-01-07 - CLI 0.16.5
+
+- fix: handle space in user profile path [#696](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/696)
+
 ## 2025-01-07 - CLI 0.16.4
 
 No changes. Re-released previous version to fix release issue.
diff --git a/cli/src/util/cp.ts b/cli/src/util/cp.ts
index 1d8c7a8f5..268e6a9c9 100644
--- a/cli/src/util/cp.ts
+++ b/cli/src/util/cp.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export { exec };
  */
 export async function execFileWithExitCode(file: string, args?: string[], options?: cp.ExecFileOptions): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; exitCode: number }> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (options?.shell) {
+      file = `"${file}"`;
+    }
+
     cp.execFile(file, args, options, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
       if (typeof stdout !== "string") stdout = stdout.toString();
       if (typeof stderr !== "string") stderr = stderr.toString();