diff --git a/bin/git-forgit b/bin/git-forgit
index bd905d5..c29f7d7 100755
--- a/bin/git-forgit
+++ b/bin/git-forgit
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ _forgit_add() {
         sed -e 's/^\\\"//' -e 's/\\\"\$//'"
     preview="
         file=\$(echo {} | $extract)
-        if (git status -s -- \$file | grep '^??') &>/dev/null; then  # diff with /dev/null for untracked files
-            git diff --color=always --no-index -- /dev/null \$file | $_forgit_diff_pager | sed '2 s/added:/untracked:/'
+        if (git status -s -- \\\"\$file\\\" | grep '^??') &>/dev/null; then  # diff with /dev/null for untracked files
+            git diff --color=always --no-index -- /dev/null \\\"\$file\\\" | $_forgit_diff_pager | sed '2 s/added:/untracked:/'
         else
-            git diff --color=always -- \$file | $_forgit_diff_pager
+            git diff --color=always -- \\\"\$file\\\" | $_forgit_diff_pager
         fi"
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS