diff --git a/syncplay/constants.py b/syncplay/constants.py
index c4a8b885a..d13986c8c 100755
--- a/syncplay/constants.py
+++ b/syncplay/constants.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ def getValueForOS(constantDict):
 FILENAME_STRIP_REGEX = "[-~_\.\[\](): ]"
 CONTROL_PASSWORD_STRIP_REGEX = "[^a-zA-Z0-9\-]"
 ROOM_NAME_STRIP_REGEX = "^(\+)(?P<roomnamebase>.*)(:)(\w{12})$"
+ARGUMENT_SPLIT_REGEX = r'(?:[^\s"]+|"[^"]*")+'
 COMMANDS_UNDO = ["u", "undo", "revert"]
 COMMANDS_CHAT = ["ch", "chat"]
 COMMANDS_LIST = ["l", "list", "users"]
diff --git a/syncplay/players/vlc.py b/syncplay/players/vlc.py
index b60bb6281..639f8a96c 100755
--- a/syncplay/players/vlc.py
+++ b/syncplay/players/vlc.py
@@ -487,10 +487,14 @@ def _createIntfFolder(vlcSyncplayInterfaceDir):
 
             call.extend(self.__playerController.SLAVE_ARGS)
             if args:
-                call.extend(args)
+                for arg in args:
+                    if "=" in arg and "\"" in arg:
+                        (argName, argValue) = arg.split("=", 1)
+                        if argValue.startswith("\"") and argValue.endswith("\""):
+                            arg = argName + "=" + argValue[1:-1]
+                    call.extend([arg])
 
             self._vlcVersion = None
-
             if isWindows() and getattr(sys, 'frozen', '') and getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '') is not None:  # Needed for pyinstaller --onefile bundle
                 self.__process = subprocess.Popen(
                     call, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
diff --git a/syncplay/ui/GuiConfiguration.py b/syncplay/ui/GuiConfiguration.py
index 85f020a49..43ef00071 100755
--- a/syncplay/ui/GuiConfiguration.py
+++ b/syncplay/ui/GuiConfiguration.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def changedPlayerArgs(self):
         currentplayerpath = self.executablepathCombobox.currentText()
 
         if currentplayerpath:
-            NewPlayerArgs = self.playerargsTextbox.text().split(" ") if self.playerargsTextbox.text() else ""
+            NewPlayerArgs = utils.parseCommandLineString(self.playerargsTextbox.text()) if self.playerargsTextbox.text() else ""
             self.perPlayerArgs[self.executablepathCombobox.currentText()] = NewPlayerArgs
 
     def languageChanged(self):
diff --git a/syncplay/utils.py b/syncplay/utils.py
index 781f8cbc8..076c509d0 100755
--- a/syncplay/utils.py
+++ b/syncplay/utils.py
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ def limitedPowerset(s, minLength):
     return itertools.chain.from_iterable(itertools.combinations(s, r) for r in range(len(s), minLength, -1))
 
 
+def parseCommandLineString(s):
+    arsToReturn = re.findall(constants.ARGUMENT_SPLIT_REGEX, s)
+    return arsToReturn
+
 def blackholeStdoutForFrozenWindow():
     if getattr(sys, 'frozen', '') == "windows_exe":
         class Stderr(object):