diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f6519c3b1f..3500ef8714 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8958,6 +8958,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_with",
  "sha1_smol",
  "sha2",
+ "shlex",
  "sqlx",
  "sysinfo",
  "tauri",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d95e9b6011..8c3724bed1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ serde-xml-rs = "0.8.1"  # Also an XML (de)serializer, consider dropping yaserde
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
 sha1_smol = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["std"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.9"
+shlex = "1.3.0"
 spdx = "0.10.8"
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", default-features = false }
 sysinfo = { version = "0.35.2", default-features = false }
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
index 85200eb258..5879bcb3fe 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ hashlink.workspace = true
 png.workspace = true
 bytemuck.workspace = true
 rgb.workspace = true
+shlex.workspace = true
 
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 daedalus.workspace = true
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/api/profile/mod.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/api/profile/mod.rs
index da12fe309b..0f5dec855d 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/api/profile/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/api/profile/mod.rs
@@ -664,7 +664,11 @@ async fn run_credentials(
         .filter(|hook_command| !hook_command.is_empty());
     if let Some(hook) = pre_launch_hooks {
         // TODO: hook parameters
-        let mut cmd = hook.split(' ');
+        let mut cmd = shlex::split(hook)
+            .ok_or(crate::ErrorKind::LauncherError(
+                "Unable to parse pre-launch hook".to_string(),
+            ))?
+            .into_iter();
         if let Some(command) = cmd.next() {
             let full_path = get_full_path(&profile.path).await?;
             let result = Command::new(command)
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/launcher/mod.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/launcher/mod.rs
index d39fd94a98..6e3c9cc4c6 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/launcher/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/launcher/mod.rs
@@ -563,7 +563,17 @@ pub async fn launch_minecraft(
     let args = version_info.arguments.clone().unwrap_or_default();
     let mut command = match wrapper {
         Some(hook) => {
-            let mut command = Command::new(hook);
+            let mut hook = shlex::split(hook)
+                .ok_or(crate::ErrorKind::LauncherError(
+                    "Unable to parse wrapper hook".to_string(),
+                ))?
+                .into_iter();
+            let cmd = hook.next().ok_or(crate::ErrorKind::LauncherError(
+                "Empty wrapper hook".to_string(),
+            ))?;
+
+            let mut command = Command::new(cmd);
+            command.args(hook);
             command.arg(&java_version.path);
             command
         }
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/state/process.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/state/process.rs
index a4727468c1..45ce995b70 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/state/process.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/state/process.rs
@@ -711,7 +711,11 @@ impl Process {
             // We do not wait on the post exist command to finish running! We let it spawn + run on its own.
             // This behaviour may be changed in the future
             if let Some(hook) = post_exit_command {
-                let mut cmd = hook.split(' ');
+                let mut cmd = shlex::split(&hook)
+                    .ok_or(crate::ErrorKind::LauncherError(
+                        "Unable to parse post-exit hook".to_string(),
+                    ))?
+                    .into_iter();
                 if let Some(command) = cmd.next() {
                     let mut command = Command::new(command);
                     command.args(cmd).current_dir(
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs
index 7cf70a2850..6a523c036d 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/state/profiles.rs
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ impl ProfileInstallStage {
 pub enum LauncherFeatureVersion {
     None,
     MigratedServerLastPlayTime,
+    MigratedLaunchHooks,
 }
 
 impl LauncherFeatureVersion {
-    pub const MOST_RECENT: Self = Self::MigratedServerLastPlayTime;
+    pub const MOST_RECENT: Self = Self::MigratedLaunchHooks;
 
     pub fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
         match *self {
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ impl LauncherFeatureVersion {
             Self::MigratedServerLastPlayTime => {
                 "migrated_server_last_play_time"
             }
+            Self::MigratedLaunchHooks => "migrated_launch_hooks",
         }
     }
 
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ impl LauncherFeatureVersion {
             "migrated_server_last_play_time" => {
                 Self::MigratedServerLastPlayTime
             }
+            "migrated_launch_hooks" => Self::MigratedLaunchHooks,
             _ => Self::None,
         }
     }
@@ -782,6 +785,30 @@ impl Profile {
                 self.launcher_feature_version =
                     LauncherFeatureVersion::MigratedServerLastPlayTime;
             }
+            LauncherFeatureVersion::MigratedServerLastPlayTime => {
+                let q = shlex::Quoter::new().allow_nul(true);
+
+                // Previously split by spaces
+                if let Some(pre_launch) = self.hooks.pre_launch.as_ref() {
+                    self.hooks.pre_launch =
+                        Some(q.join(pre_launch.split(' ')).unwrap())
+                }
+
+                // Previously treated as complete path to command
+                if let Some(wrapper) = self.hooks.wrapper.as_ref() {
+                    self.hooks.wrapper =
+                        Some(q.quote(wrapper).unwrap().to_string())
+                }
+
+                // Previously split by spaces
+                if let Some(post_exit) = self.hooks.post_exit.as_ref() {
+                    self.hooks.post_exit =
+                        Some(q.join(post_exit.split(' ')).unwrap())
+                }
+
+                self.launcher_feature_version =
+                    LauncherFeatureVersion::MigratedLaunchHooks;
+            }
             LauncherFeatureVersion::MOST_RECENT => unreachable!(
                 "LauncherFeatureVersion::MOST_RECENT was not updated"
             ),