diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts
index 78f765fd4efd..3b8bd3e1f3a2 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ function createHealthyDockerDeps(calls: string[]): QaDockerUpDeps {
   };
 }
 
+function quoteForShell(value: string) {
+  return `'${value.replaceAll("'", `'"'"'`)}'`;
+}
+
 describe("runQaDockerUp", () => {
   it("builds the QA UI, writes the harness, starts compose, and waits for health", async () => {
     const calls: string[] = [];
@@ -68,12 +72,39 @@ describe("runQaDockerUp", () => {
       expect(result.qaLabUrl).toBe("http://127.0.0.1:43124");
       expect(result.gatewayUrl).toBe("http://127.0.0.1:18889/");
       expect(result.composeFile).toBe(composeFile);
-      expect(result.stopCommand).toBe(`docker compose -f ${composeFile} down`);
+      expect(result.stopCommand).toBe(`docker compose -f ${quoteForShell(composeFile)} down`);
     } finally {
       await rm(outputDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }
   });
 
+  it("quotes the printed stop command when the compose path is shell-sensitive", async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    const tempRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "qa-docker-up-"));
+    const outputDir = path.join(tempRoot, "mac path's qa lab");
+    const repoRoot = path.resolve("/repo/openclaw");
+    const composeFile = path.join(outputDir, "docker-compose.qa.yml");
+
+    try {
+      const result = await runQaDockerUp(
+        {
+          repoRoot,
+          outputDir,
+          usePrebuiltImage: true,
+          skipUiBuild: true,
+        },
+        createHealthyDockerDeps(calls),
+      );
+
+      expect(result.stopCommand).toBe(`docker compose -f ${quoteForShell(composeFile)} down`);
+      expect(calls).toContain(
+        `docker compose -f ${composeFile} down --remove-orphans @${repoRoot}`,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await rm(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("skips UI build and compose --build for prebuilt images", async () => {
     const calls: string[] = [];
     const outputDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "qa-docker-up-"));
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.ts
index 6c03a2d16e5d..19c37682bfa6 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ function resolveDefaultQaDockerDir(repoRoot: string) {
   return path.resolve(repoRoot, ".artifacts/qa-docker");
 }
 
+function quoteForShell(value: string) {
+  return `'${value.replaceAll("'", `'"'"'`)}'`;
+}
+
 async function isQaLabDockerHealthReachable(url: string, fetchImpl: FetchLike) {
   let response: Awaited<ReturnType<FetchLike>> | undefined;
   try {
@@ -147,6 +151,6 @@ export async function runQaDockerUp(
     composeFile,
     qaLabUrl,
     gatewayUrl,
-    stopCommand: `docker compose -f ${composeFile} down`,
+    stopCommand: `docker compose -f ${quoteForShell(composeFile)} down`,
   };
 }