diff --git a/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts b/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
index 16a97a2a485255..a995c47d7a5101 100755
--- a/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ async function init() {
 
   if (customCommand) {
     const fullCustomCommand = customCommand
-      .replace('TARGET_DIR', targetDir)
       .replace(/^npm create/, `${pkgManager} create`)
       // Only Yarn 1.x doesn't support `@version` in the `create` command
       .replace('@latest', () => (isYarn1 ? '' : '@latest'))
@@ -336,7 +335,9 @@ async function init() {
       })
 
     const [command, ...args] = fullCustomCommand.split(' ')
-    const { status } = spawn.sync(command, args, {
+    // we replace TARGET_DIR here because targetDir may include a space
+    const replacedArgs = args.map((arg) => arg.replace('TARGET_DIR', targetDir))
+    const { status } = spawn.sync(command, replacedArgs, {
       stdio: 'inherit',
     })
     process.exit(status ?? 0)
@@ -376,9 +377,14 @@ async function init() {
     setupReactSwc(root, template.endsWith('-ts'))
   }
 
+  const cdProjectName = path.relative(cwd, root)
   console.log(`\nDone. Now run:\n`)
   if (root !== cwd) {
-    console.log(`  cd ${path.relative(cwd, root)}`)
+    console.log(
+      `  cd ${
+        cdProjectName.includes(' ') ? `"${cdProjectName}"` : cdProjectName
+      }`,
+    )
   }
   switch (pkgManager) {
     case 'yarn':