diff --git a/scripts/harness_checks/line_count_baseline.json b/scripts/harness_checks/line_count_baseline.json
index 796334f45..817dc8b32 100644
--- a/scripts/harness_checks/line_count_baseline.json
+++ b/scripts/harness_checks/line_count_baseline.json
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "hard_cap": 3000,
-  "warn_cap": 1500,
-  "root": "harness-discipline-docs",
-  "offenders": {
-    "src/spark_cli/cli.py": 18105,
-    "src/spark_cli/system_map.py": 5658,
-    "tests/test_cli.py": 14759,
-    "tests/test_system_map.py": 2055
-  }
-}
+    "hard_cap": 3000,
+    "warn_cap": 1500,
+    "root": "harness-discipline-docs",
+    "offenders": {
+        "src/spark_cli/cli.py": 18111,
+        "src/spark_cli/system_map.py": 5658,
+        "tests/test_cli.py": 14759,
+        "tests/test_system_map.py": 2055
+    },
+    "src/spark_cli/cli.py": 18111
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/spark_cli/cli.py b/src/spark_cli/cli.py
index 8a444135e..83db4db8f 100644
--- a/src/spark_cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/spark_cli/cli.py
@@ -1135,11 +1135,12 @@ def schedule_deferred_windows_purge(target: Path) -> None:
     temp_root = Path(os.environ.get("TEMP") or os.environ.get("TMP") or Path.home()).expanduser()
     temp_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     script_path = temp_root / f"spark-purge-home-{os.getpid()}.cmd"
+    safe_target = str(target).replace('"', '""')
     script_path.write_text(
         "\n".join(
             [
                 "@echo off",
-                f'set "SPARK_PURGE_TARGET={target}"',
+                f'set "SPARK_PURGE_TARGET={safe_target}"',
                 "timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul",
                 'icacls "%SPARK_PURGE_TARGET%" /grant "%USERDOMAIN%\\%USERNAME%:(OI)(CI)F" /T /C >nul 2>nul',
                 "for /l %%i in (1,1,30) do (",