diff --git a/pkg/commands/commits.go b/pkg/commands/commits.go
index 4d14e1832..27005ebec 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commits.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commits.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Commit(message string, flags string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	splitMessage := strings.Split(message, "\n")
 	lineArgs := ""
 	for _, line := range splitMessage {
-		lineArgs += fmt.Sprintf(" -m %s", strconv.Quote(line))
+		lineArgs += fmt.Sprintf(" -m %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(line))
 	}
 
 	command := fmt.Sprintf("git commit %s%s", flags, lineArgs)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
index 2638f3c49..cc66f2cab 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -24,14 +23,13 @@ import (
 
 // Platform stores the os state
 type Platform struct {
-	OS                   string
-	CatCmd               string
-	Shell                string
-	ShellArg             string
-	EscapedQuote         string
-	OpenCommand          string
-	OpenLinkCommand      string
-	FallbackEscapedQuote string
+	OS              string
+	CatCmd          string
+	Shell           string
+	ShellArg        string
+	EscapedQuote    string
+	OpenCommand     string
+	OpenLinkCommand string
 }
 
 // OSCommand holds all the os commands
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ func (c *OSCommand) ShellCommandFromString(commandStr string) *exec.Cmd {
 	if c.Platform.OS == "windows" {
 		quotedCommand = commandStr
 	} else {
-		quotedCommand = strconv.Quote(commandStr)
+		quotedCommand = c.Quote(commandStr)
 	}
 
 	shellCommand := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", c.Platform.Shell, c.Platform.ShellArg, quotedCommand)
@@ -245,11 +243,16 @@ func (c *OSCommand) PrepareSubProcess(cmdName string, commandArgs ...string) *ex
 
 // Quote wraps a message in platform-specific quotation marks
 func (c *OSCommand) Quote(message string) string {
-	message = strings.Replace(message, "`", "\\`", -1)
-	escapedQuote := c.Platform.EscapedQuote
-	if strings.Contains(message, c.Platform.EscapedQuote) {
-		escapedQuote = c.Platform.FallbackEscapedQuote
+	if c.Platform.OS == "windows" {
+		message = strings.Replace(message, `"`, `"'"'"`, -1)
+		message = strings.Replace(message, `\"`, `\\"`, -1)
+	} else {
+		message = strings.Replace(message, `\`, `\\`, -1)
+		message = strings.Replace(message, `"`, `\"`, -1)
+		message = strings.Replace(message, "`", "\\`", -1)
+		message = strings.Replace(message, "$", "\\$", -1)
 	}
+	escapedQuote := c.Platform.EscapedQuote
 	return escapedQuote + message + escapedQuote
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_default_platform.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_default_platform.go
index 7ba166428..80ef1aebd 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_default_platform.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_default_platform.go
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ import (
 
 func getPlatform() *Platform {
 	return &Platform{
-		OS:                   runtime.GOOS,
-		CatCmd:               "cat",
-		Shell:                "bash",
-		ShellArg:             "-c",
-		EscapedQuote:         "'",
-		OpenCommand:          "open {{filename}}",
-		OpenLinkCommand:      "open {{link}}",
-		FallbackEscapedQuote: "\"",
+		OS:              runtime.GOOS,
+		CatCmd:          "cat",
+		Shell:           "bash",
+		ShellArg:        "-c",
+		EscapedQuote:    `"`,
+		OpenCommand:     "open {{filename}}",
+		OpenLinkCommand: "open {{link}}",
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go
index 1504e4322..e6f3bd33d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ func TestOSCommandOpenFile(t *testing.T) {
 func TestOSCommandQuote(t *testing.T) {
 	osCommand := NewDummyOSCommand()
 
+	osCommand.Platform.OS = "linux"
+
 	actual := osCommand.Quote("hello `test`")
 
 	expected := osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote + "hello \\`test\\`" + osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ func TestOSCommandQuoteSingleQuote(t *testing.T) {
 
 	actual := osCommand.Quote("hello 'test'")
 
-	expected := osCommand.Platform.FallbackEscapedQuote + "hello 'test'" + osCommand.Platform.FallbackEscapedQuote
+	expected := osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote + "hello 'test'" + osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote
 
 	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, actual)
 }
@@ -142,7 +144,20 @@ func TestOSCommandQuoteDoubleQuote(t *testing.T) {
 
 	actual := osCommand.Quote(`hello "test"`)
 
-	expected := osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote + "hello \"test\"" + osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote
+	expected := osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote + `hello \"test\"` + osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote
+
+	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, actual)
+}
+
+// TestOSCommandQuoteWindows tests the quote function for Windows
+func TestOSCommandQuoteWindows(t *testing.T) {
+	osCommand := NewDummyOSCommand()
+
+	osCommand.Platform.OS = "windows"
+
+	actual := osCommand.Quote(`hello "test"`)
+
+	expected := osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote + `hello "'"'"test"'"'"` + osCommand.Platform.EscapedQuote
 
 	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, actual)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_windows.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_windows.go
index 3f4f7e5a1..3e86c803f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_windows.go
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ package oscommands
 
 func getPlatform() *Platform {
 	return &Platform{
-		OS:                   "windows",
-		CatCmd:               "cmd /c type",
-		Shell:                "cmd",
-		ShellArg:             "/c",
-		EscapedQuote:         `\"`,
-		FallbackEscapedQuote: "\\'",
+		OS:           "windows",
+		CatCmd:       "cmd /c type",
+		Shell:        "cmd",
+		ShellArg:     "/c",
+		EscapedQuote: `\"`,
 	}
 }