diff --git a/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.cmd b/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.cmd
index 7812c14a102..285c3d66829 100644
--- a/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.cmd
+++ b/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.cmd
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 if exist vendor\modules.txt (
-  type %CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT%\tools\baseline-config-vendor.json
+  type "%CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT%\tools\baseline-config-vendor.json"
 ) else (
-  type %CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT%\tools\baseline-config-empty.json
+  type "%CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT%\tools\baseline-config-empty.json"
 )
diff --git a/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.sh b/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.sh
index 4883045f342..f426773c3ba 100755
--- a/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.sh
+++ b/go/codeql-tools/configure-baseline.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ -f vendor/modules.txt ]; then
-  cat $CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT/tools/baseline-config-vendor.json
+  cat "$CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT/tools/baseline-config-vendor.json"
 else
-  cat $CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT/tools/baseline-config-empty.json
+  cat "$CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_GO_ROOT/tools/baseline-config-empty.json"
 fi