diff --git a/command/run.go b/command/run.go
index f2d5ddfd5..ab6e4cb40 100644
--- a/command/run.go
+++ b/command/run.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"github.com/kballard/go-shellquote"
 
 	"github.com/peak/s5cmd/parallel"
 )
@@ -86,7 +87,11 @@ var runCommand = &cli.Command{
 				continue
 			}
 
-			fields := strings.Fields(line)
+			fields, err := shellquote.Split(line)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
 			if len(fields) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/e2e/run_test.go b/e2e/run_test.go
index d3c1237b3..b6f3699c7 100644
--- a/e2e/run_test.go
+++ b/e2e/run_test.go
@@ -201,3 +201,34 @@ func TestRunWildcardCountGreaterEqualThanWorkerCount(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertLines(t, result.Stderr(), map[int]compareFunc{})
 }
+
+func TestRunSpecialCharactersInPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	bucket := s3BucketFromTestName(t)
+	sourceFileName := `special-chars_!@#$%^&_()_+{[_%5Cäè| __;'_,_._-中文 =/_!@#$%^&_()_+{[_%5Cäè| __;'_,_._-中文 =image.jpg`
+	targetFilePath := `./image.jpg`
+
+	s3client, s5cmd, cleanup := setup(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	createBucket(t, s3client, bucket)
+	putFile(t, s3client, bucket, sourceFileName, "content")
+
+	content := []string{
+		`cp "s3://` + bucket + `/` + sourceFileName + `" ` + targetFilePath,
+	}
+	file := fs.NewFile(t, "prefix", fs.WithContent(strings.Join(content, "\n")))
+	defer file.Remove()
+
+	cmd := s5cmd("run", file.Path())
+	cmd.Timeout = time.Second
+	result := icmd.RunCmd(cmd)
+	result.Assert(t, icmd.Success)
+
+	assertLines(t, result.Stdout(), map[int]compareFunc{
+		0: equals(`cp s3://%v/%v %v`, bucket, sourceFileName, targetFilePath),
+	}, sortInput(true))
+
+	assertLines(t, result.Stderr(), map[int]compareFunc{})
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 549de6633..505a1be10 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.0.0-20191112232945-16388991a334
 	github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3 v0.0.0-20191228161223-9aee1c78a252
 	github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.15.3
+	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7a9c4f7e6..322d2d53f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af h1:pmfjZENx5i
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.15.3 h1:0a2pXOgtB16CqIqXTiT7+K9L73f74n/aNQUnH6Ortew=
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.15.3/go.mod h1:j4mkqPuvaLI8mp1DroR3P6ad7cyYd4c1qeJ3RV7ULlk=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNUXsshfwJMBgNA0RU6/i7WVaAegv3PtuIHPMs=
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0 h1:s5hAObm+yFO5uHYt5dYjxi2rXrsnmRpJx4OYvIWUaQs=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
diff --git a/storage/url/url.go b/storage/url/url.go
index 1c145acb2..b24a51182 100644
--- a/storage/url/url.go
+++ b/storage/url/url.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (u *URL) setPrefixAndFilter() error {
 		filterRegex = strings.Replace(filterRegex, "\\?", ".", -1)
 		filterRegex = strings.Replace(filterRegex, "\\*", ".*?", -1)
 	}
-	filterRegex = u.Prefix + filterRegex
+	filterRegex = regexp.QuoteMeta(u.Prefix) + filterRegex
 	r, err := regexp.Compile("^" + filterRegex + "$")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/LICENSE b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6d77312e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (C) 2014 Kevin Ballard
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
+OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/README b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d34e87af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/README
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+PACKAGE
+
+package shellquote
+    import "github.com/kballard/go-shellquote"
+
+    Shellquote provides utilities for joining/splitting strings using sh's
+    word-splitting rules.
+
+VARIABLES
+
+var (
+    UnterminatedSingleQuoteError = errors.New("Unterminated single-quoted string")
+    UnterminatedDoubleQuoteError = errors.New("Unterminated double-quoted string")
+    UnterminatedEscapeError      = errors.New("Unterminated backslash-escape")
+)
+
+
+FUNCTIONS
+
+func Join(args ...string) string
+    Join quotes each argument and joins them with a space. If passed to
+    /bin/sh, the resulting string will be split back into the original
+    arguments.
+
+func Split(input string) (words []string, err error)
+    Split splits a string according to /bin/sh's word-splitting rules. It
+    supports backslash-escapes, single-quotes, and double-quotes. Notably it
+    does not support the $'' style of quoting. It also doesn't attempt to
+    perform any other sort of expansion, including brace expansion, shell
+    expansion, or pathname expansion.
+
+    If the given input has an unterminated quoted string or ends in a
+    backslash-escape, one of UnterminatedSingleQuoteError,
+    UnterminatedDoubleQuoteError, or UnterminatedEscapeError is returned.
+
+
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/doc.go b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9445fa4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Shellquote provides utilities for joining/splitting strings using sh's
+// word-splitting rules.
+package shellquote
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/quote.go b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/quote.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72a8cb38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/quote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package shellquote
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// Join quotes each argument and joins them with a space.
+// If passed to /bin/sh, the resulting string will be split back into the
+// original arguments.
+func Join(args ...string) string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i, arg := range args {
+		if i != 0 {
+			buf.WriteByte(' ')
+		}
+		quote(arg, &buf)
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+const (
+	specialChars      = "\\'\"`${[|&;<>()*?!"
+	extraSpecialChars = " \t\n"
+	prefixChars       = "~"
+)
+
+func quote(word string, buf *bytes.Buffer) {
+	// We want to try to produce a "nice" output. As such, we will
+	// backslash-escape most characters, but if we encounter a space, or if we
+	// encounter an extra-special char (which doesn't work with
+	// backslash-escaping) we switch over to quoting the whole word. We do this
+	// with a space because it's typically easier for people to read multi-word
+	// arguments when quoted with a space rather than with ugly backslashes
+	// everywhere.
+	origLen := buf.Len()
+
+	if len(word) == 0 {
+		// oops, no content
+		buf.WriteString("''")
+		return
+	}
+
+	cur, prev := word, word
+	atStart := true
+	for len(cur) > 0 {
+		c, l := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(cur)
+		cur = cur[l:]
+		if strings.ContainsRune(specialChars, c) || (atStart && strings.ContainsRune(prefixChars, c)) {
+			// copy the non-special chars up to this point
+			if len(cur) < len(prev) {
+				buf.WriteString(prev[0 : len(prev)-len(cur)-l])
+			}
+			buf.WriteByte('\\')
+			buf.WriteRune(c)
+			prev = cur
+		} else if strings.ContainsRune(extraSpecialChars, c) {
+			// start over in quote mode
+			buf.Truncate(origLen)
+			goto quote
+		}
+		atStart = false
+	}
+	if len(prev) > 0 {
+		buf.WriteString(prev)
+	}
+	return
+
+quote:
+	// quote mode
+	// Use single-quotes, but if we find a single-quote in the word, we need
+	// to terminate the string, emit an escaped quote, and start the string up
+	// again
+	inQuote := false
+	for len(word) > 0 {
+		i := strings.IndexRune(word, '\'')
+		if i == -1 {
+			break
+		}
+		if i > 0 {
+			if !inQuote {
+				buf.WriteByte('\'')
+				inQuote = true
+			}
+			buf.WriteString(word[0:i])
+		}
+		word = word[i+1:]
+		if inQuote {
+			buf.WriteByte('\'')
+			inQuote = false
+		}
+		buf.WriteString("\\'")
+	}
+	if len(word) > 0 {
+		if !inQuote {
+			buf.WriteByte('\'')
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(word)
+		buf.WriteByte('\'')
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/unquote.go b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/unquote.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1b13da93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/unquote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+package shellquote
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+var (
+	UnterminatedSingleQuoteError = errors.New("Unterminated single-quoted string")
+	UnterminatedDoubleQuoteError = errors.New("Unterminated double-quoted string")
+	UnterminatedEscapeError      = errors.New("Unterminated backslash-escape")
+)
+
+var (
+	splitChars        = " \n\t"
+	singleChar        = '\''
+	doubleChar        = '"'
+	escapeChar        = '\\'
+	doubleEscapeChars = "$`\"\n\\"
+)
+
+// Split splits a string according to /bin/sh's word-splitting rules. It
+// supports backslash-escapes, single-quotes, and double-quotes. Notably it does
+// not support the $'' style of quoting. It also doesn't attempt to perform any
+// other sort of expansion, including brace expansion, shell expansion, or
+// pathname expansion.
+//
+// If the given input has an unterminated quoted string or ends in a
+// backslash-escape, one of UnterminatedSingleQuoteError,
+// UnterminatedDoubleQuoteError, or UnterminatedEscapeError is returned.
+func Split(input string) (words []string, err error) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	words = make([]string, 0)
+
+	for len(input) > 0 {
+		// skip any splitChars at the start
+		c, l := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(input)
+		if strings.ContainsRune(splitChars, c) {
+			input = input[l:]
+			continue
+		} else if c == escapeChar {
+			// Look ahead for escaped newline so we can skip over it
+			next := input[l:]
+			if len(next) == 0 {
+				err = UnterminatedEscapeError
+				return
+			}
+			c2, l2 := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(next)
+			if c2 == '\n' {
+				input = next[l2:]
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		var word string
+		word, input, err = splitWord(input, &buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		words = append(words, word)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func splitWord(input string, buf *bytes.Buffer) (word string, remainder string, err error) {
+	buf.Reset()
+
+raw:
+	{
+		cur := input
+		for len(cur) > 0 {
+			c, l := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(cur)
+			cur = cur[l:]
+			if c == singleChar {
+				buf.WriteString(input[0 : len(input)-len(cur)-l])
+				input = cur
+				goto single
+			} else if c == doubleChar {
+				buf.WriteString(input[0 : len(input)-len(cur)-l])
+				input = cur
+				goto double
+			} else if c == escapeChar {
+				buf.WriteString(input[0 : len(input)-len(cur)-l])
+				input = cur
+				goto escape
+			} else if strings.ContainsRune(splitChars, c) {
+				buf.WriteString(input[0 : len(input)-len(cur)-l])
+				return buf.String(), cur, nil
+			}
+		}
+		if len(input) > 0 {
+			buf.WriteString(input)
+			input = ""
+		}
+		goto done
+	}
+
+escape:
+	{
+		if len(input) == 0 {
+			return "", "", UnterminatedEscapeError
+		}
+		c, l := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(input)
+		if c == '\n' {
+			// a backslash-escaped newline is elided from the output entirely
+		} else {
+			buf.WriteString(input[:l])
+		}
+		input = input[l:]
+	}
+	goto raw
+
+single:
+	{
+		i := strings.IndexRune(input, singleChar)
+		if i == -1 {
+			return "", "", UnterminatedSingleQuoteError
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(input[0:i])
+		input = input[i+1:]
+		goto raw
+	}
+
+double:
+	{
+		cur := input
+		for len(cur) > 0 {
+			c, l := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(cur)
+			cur = cur[l:]
+			if c == doubleChar {
+				buf.WriteString(input[0 : len(input)-len(cur)-l])
+				input = cur
+				goto raw
+			} else if c == escapeChar {
+				// bash only supports certain escapes in double-quoted strings
+				c2, l2 := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(cur)
+				cur = cur[l2:]
+				if strings.ContainsRune(doubleEscapeChars, c2) {
+					buf.WriteString(input[0 : len(input)-len(cur)-l-l2])
+					if c2 == '\n' {
+						// newline is special, skip the backslash entirely
+					} else {
+						buf.WriteRune(c2)
+					}
+					input = cur
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return "", "", UnterminatedDoubleQuoteError
+	}
+
+done:
+	return buf.String(), input, nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index ed3dc06f0..f41a5b6e2 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3/internal/goskipiter
 github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3/internal/s3io
 # github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.15.3
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk
+# github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
+github.com/kballard/go-shellquote
 # github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 github.com/pkg/errors
 # github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0