diff --git a/lib/src/child-writer/utils.js b/lib/src/child-writer/utils.js
index e6c3c26f..4564b84b 100644
--- a/lib/src/child-writer/utils.js
+++ b/lib/src/child-writer/utils.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const os = require('os');
 const Bluebird = require('bluebird');
 const tmp = Bluebird.promisifyAll(require('tmp'));
 const packageJSON = require('../../../package.json');
@@ -75,7 +76,18 @@ exports.getBooleanArgumentForm = (argumentName, value) => {
 exports.getCLIWriterArguments = (options) => {
   const argv = [
     options.entryPoint,
-    options.image,
+    _.attempt(() => {
+      if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+        return options.image;
+      }
+
+      // Parenthesis need to be manually escaped,
+      // otherwise bash will complain about syntax
+      // errors when passing this string as an
+      // argument to the writer proxy script.
+      return options.image.replace(/([\(\)])/g, '\\$1');
+
+    }),
     '--robot',
     '--drive',
     options.device,