diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 53a13871..85f96c5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-# disabled windows due node packages issues
-#        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         python-version: [ '2.x', '3.x', '3.5', '3.6', '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', 'pypy-2.7', 'pypy-3.6', 'pypy-3.7' ]
         exclude:
           - os: windows-latest
diff --git a/js2py/node_import.py b/js2py/node_import.py
index 21844314..53e54600 100644
--- a/js2py/node_import.py
+++ b/js2py/node_import.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def _init():
         'node -v', shell=True, cwd=DIRNAME
     ) == 0, 'You must have node installed! run: brew install node'
     assert subprocess.call(
-        'cd %s;npm install babel-core babel-cli babel-preset-es2015 babel-polyfill babelify browserify browserify-shim'
-        % repr(DIRNAME),
+        'cd "%s" && npm install babel-core babel-cli babel-preset-es2015 babel-polyfill babelify browserify browserify-shim'
+        % DIRNAME,
         shell=True,
         cwd=DIRNAME) == 0, 'Could not link required node_modules'
     DID_INIT = True
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _get_and_translate_npm_module(module_name, include_polyfill=False, update=Fa
             pkg_name += '@' + maybe_version_str
         # make sure the module is installed
         assert subprocess.call(
-            'cd %s;npm install %s' % (repr(DIRNAME), pkg_name),
+            'cd "%s" && npm install %s' % (DIRNAME, pkg_name),
             shell=True,
             cwd=DIRNAME
         ) == 0, 'Could not install the required module: ' + pkg_name