diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
index 19dd5c62f9dcaa85610c4f9ebba277863faaa340..9cbfddb24657be9f63fc8417f3e22d8d89b90f2b 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ impl TerminalBuilder {
             struct ShellParams {
                 program: String,
                 args: Option<Vec<String>>,
-                title_override: Option<SharedString>,
+                title_override: Option<String>,
             }
 
             impl ShellParams {
@@ -493,7 +493,6 @@ impl TerminalBuilder {
                     .log_err()
                     .unwrap_or(params.program.clone())
             });
-            dbg!(&alac_shell);
 
             // Note: when remoting, this shell_kind will scrutinize `ssh` or
             // `wsl.exe` as a shell and fall back to posix or powershell based on
@@ -509,16 +508,15 @@ impl TerminalBuilder {
                         params.args.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
                     )
                 });
+                dbg!(&alac_shell);
 
                 alacritty_terminal::tty::Options {
                     shell: alac_shell,
                     working_directory: working_directory.clone(),
                     drain_on_exit: true,
                     env: env.clone().into_iter().collect(),
-                    // We do not want to escape arguments if we are using CMD as our shell.
-                    // If we do we end up with too many quotes/escaped quotes for CMD to handle.
                     #[cfg(windows)]
-                    escape_args: shell_kind != util::shell::ShellKind::Cmd,
+                    escape_args: shell_kind.tty_escape_args(),
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/crates/util/src/shell.rs b/crates/util/src/shell.rs
index a6a7416429ab36d6ee552c221cc5400eae5a999c..7f7c0a1ce335d2c15fd035a1e21770fd76823af8 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/shell.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/shell.rs
@@ -462,6 +462,23 @@ impl ShellKind {
             | ShellKind::Xonsh => "clear",
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    /// We do not want to escape arguments if we are using CMD as our shell.
+    /// If we do we end up with too many quotes/escaped quotes for CMD to handle.
+    pub const fn tty_escape_args(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            ShellKind::Cmd => false,
+            ShellKind::Posix
+            | ShellKind::Csh
+            | ShellKind::Tcsh
+            | ShellKind::Rc
+            | ShellKind::Fish
+            | ShellKind::PowerShell
+            | ShellKind::Nushell
+            | ShellKind::Xonsh => true,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]