diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 913280b..5bf224b 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ let g:WebDevIconsNerdTreeGitPluginForceVAlign = 1
 
 " BACKUPS ###########################################################{{{
 set dir=$HOME/.vim/swp//
-autocmd BufWritePost * :silent execute ':w! ' ."$HOME/.vim/backups/" . escape(substitute(expand('%:p'), "/", "%", "g"), "%")
+autocmd BufWritePost * :silent execute ':w! ' ."$HOME/.vim/backups/" . substitute(escape(substitute(expand('%:p'), "/", "%", "g"), "%"), ' ', '\\ ', 'g')
 
 if exists('+undofile')
     set undofile