diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7b5d21..064213f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 dist
 /.nyc_output
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/createFFmpeg.js b/src/createFFmpeg.js
index 2c01616..6db4183 100644
--- a/src/createFFmpeg.js
+++ b/src/createFFmpeg.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { setLogging, log } = require('./utils/log');
 const resolvePaths = require('./utils/resolvePaths');
 const parseProgress = require('./utils/parseProgress');
 const stringList2pointer = require('./utils/stringList2pointer');
+const parseArgs = require('./utils/parseArgs');
 const {
   defaultOptions,
   getModule,
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = (_options = {}) => {
     } else {
       running = true;
       return new Promise((resolve) => {
-        const args = [...defaultArgs, ..._args.trim().split(' ')].filter((s) => s.length !== 0);
+        const args = [...defaultArgs, ...parseArgs(_args)].filter((s) => s.length !== 0);
         log('info', `ffmpeg command: ${args.join(' ')}`);
         runResolve = resolve;
         ffmpeg(args.length, stringList2pointer(Module, args));
diff --git a/src/utils/parseArgs.js b/src/utils/parseArgs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27cc81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/parseArgs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+module.exports = (cmd) => {
+  const args = [];
+  let nextDelimiter = 0;
+  let prevDelimiter = 0;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-cond-assign
+  while ((nextDelimiter = cmd.indexOf(' ', prevDelimiter)) >= 0) {
+    let arg = cmd.substring(prevDelimiter, nextDelimiter);
+    let quoteIdx = arg.indexOf('\'');
+    let dblQuoteIdx = arg.indexOf('"');
+
+    if (quoteIdx === 0 || dblQuoteIdx === 0) {
+      /* The argument has a quote at the start i.e, 'id=0,streams=0 id=1,streams=1' */
+      const delimiter = arg[0];
+      const endDelimiter = cmd.indexOf(delimiter, prevDelimiter + 1);
+
+      if (endDelimiter < 0) {
+        throw new Error(`Bad command escape sequence ${delimiter} near ${nextDelimiter}`);
+      }
+
+      arg = cmd.substring(prevDelimiter + 1, endDelimiter);
+      prevDelimiter = endDelimiter + 2;
+      args.push(arg);
+    } else if (quoteIdx > 0 || dblQuoteIdx > 0) {
+      /* The argument has a quote in it, it must be ended correctly i,e. title='test' */
+      if (quoteIdx === -1) quoteIdx = Infinity;
+      if (dblQuoteIdx === -1) dblQuoteIdx = Infinity;
+      const delimiter = (quoteIdx < dblQuoteIdx) ? '\'' : '"';
+      const quoteOffset = Math.min(quoteIdx, dblQuoteIdx);
+      const endDelimiter = cmd.indexOf(delimiter, prevDelimiter + quoteOffset + 1);
+
+      if (endDelimiter < 0) {
+        throw new Error(`Bad command escape sequence ${delimiter} near ${nextDelimiter}`);
+      }
+
+      arg = cmd.substring(prevDelimiter, endDelimiter + 1);
+      prevDelimiter = endDelimiter + 2;
+      args.push(arg);
+    } else if (arg !== '') {
+      args.push(arg);
+      prevDelimiter = nextDelimiter + 1;
+    } else {
+      prevDelimiter = nextDelimiter + 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (prevDelimiter !== cmd.length) {
+    args.push(cmd.substring(prevDelimiter));
+  }
+
+  return args;
+};
diff --git a/tests/constants.js b/tests/constants.js
index 5e8898c..9e9d5d7 100644
--- a/tests/constants.js
+++ b/tests/constants.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ const IS_BROWSER = typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof window.document !== '
 const OPTIONS = {
   corePath: 'http://localhost:3000/node_modules/@ffmpeg/core/ffmpeg-core.js',
 };
+const FLAME_MP4_LENGTH = 100374;
+const META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH = 100408;
+const META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH_NO_SPACE = 100404;
 
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
   module.exports = {
@@ -11,5 +14,8 @@ if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
     BASE_URL,
     IS_BROWSER,
     OPTIONS,
+    FLAME_MP4_LENGTH,
+    META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH,
+    META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH_NO_SPACE,
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/ffmpeg.test.js b/tests/ffmpeg.test.js
index 337a2e5..b663038 100644
--- a/tests/ffmpeg.test.js
+++ b/tests/ffmpeg.test.js
@@ -25,3 +25,38 @@ describe('transcode()', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('run()', () => {
+  describe('should run a command with quoted parameters at start no spaces', () => {
+    ['flame.avi'].forEach((name) => (
+      it(`run ${name}`, async () => {
+        await ffmpeg.write(name, `${BASE_URL}/${name}`);
+        await ffmpeg.run(`-y -i ${name} -metadata 'title="test"' output.mp4`);
+        const data = ffmpeg.read('output.mp4');
+        expect(data.length).to.be(META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH_NO_SPACE);
+      }).timeout(TIMEOUT)
+    ));
+  });
+
+  describe('should run a command with quoted parameters at start and a space in between', () => {
+    ['flame.avi'].forEach((name) => (
+      it(`run ${name}`, async () => {
+        await ffmpeg.write(name, `${BASE_URL}/${name}`);
+        await ffmpeg.run(`-y -i ${name} -metadata 'title="my title"' output.mp4`);
+        const data = ffmpeg.read('output.mp4');
+        expect(data.length).to.be(META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH);
+      }).timeout(TIMEOUT)
+    ));
+  });
+
+  describe('should run a command with name quoted parameters and a space in between', () => {
+    ['flame.avi'].forEach((name) => (
+      it(`run ${name}`, async () => {
+        await ffmpeg.write(name, `${BASE_URL}/${name}`);
+        await ffmpeg.run(`-y -i ${name} -metadata title="my title" output.mp4`);
+        const data = ffmpeg.read('output.mp4');
+        expect(data.length).to.be(META_FLAME_MP4_LENGTH);
+      }).timeout(TIMEOUT)
+    ));
+  });
+});