diff --git a/bottles/backend/wine/winecommand.py b/bottles/backend/wine/winecommand.py
index 3bce1899e2..351f67ec18 100644
--- a/bottles/backend/wine/winecommand.py
+++ b/bottles/backend/wine/winecommand.py
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ def _get_runner_info(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
             runner = f"{runner}64"
 
         runner = runner.replace(" ", "\\ ")
+        runner = runner.replace("(", "\\(")
+        runner = runner.replace(")", "\\)")
 
         return runner, runner_runtime