diff --git a/gooey/gui/util/quoting.py b/gooey/gui/util/quoting.py
index f47ca13..f97fd31 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/util/quoting.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/util/quoting.py
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
 else:  # POSIX shell
   def quote(value):
     return "'{}'".format('{}'.format(value).replace("'", "'\\''"))
-
-
-def maybe_quote(string):
-  return '"{}"'.format(string) if not re.match(r'^".*"$', string) else string
diff --git a/gooey/gui/widgets/components.py b/gooey/gui/widgets/components.py
index 95deb3b..eab4ee0 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/widgets/components.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/widgets/components.py
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ class BaseGuiComponent(object):
   def GetValue(self):
     return self.widget_pack.getValue()
 
+  def HasOptionString(self):
+    return bool(self.widget_pack.option_string)
+
   def _GetWidget(self):
     # used only for unittesting
     return self.widget_pack.widget
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ class CheckBox(BaseGuiComponent):
     return self.panel
 
   def onSetter(self, evt):
-    self.getValue()
+    self.GetValue()
 
   def onResize(self, evt):
     msg = self.help_msg
@@ -157,6 +160,9 @@ class CheckBox(BaseGuiComponent):
   def GetValue(self):
     return self.option_strings if self.widget.GetValue() else ''
 
+  def HasOptionString(self):
+    return bool(self.option_strings)
+
   def _GetWidget(self):
     return self.widget
 
@@ -168,7 +174,7 @@ class RadioGroup(object):
     self.data = data
 
     self.radio_buttons = []
-    self.option_stings = []
+    self.option_strings = []
     self.help_msgs = []
     self.btn_names = []
 
@@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ class RadioGroup(object):
     self.radio_buttons = [wx.RadioButton(self.panel, -1) for _ in self.data]
     self.btn_names = [wx.StaticText(self.panel, label=btn_data['display_name'].title()) for btn_data in self.data]
     self.help_msgs = [wx.StaticText(self.panel, label=btn_data['help'].title()) for btn_data in self.data]
-    self.option_stings = [btn_data['commands'] for btn_data in self.data]
+    self.option_strings = [btn_data['commands'] for btn_data in self.data]
 
     # box = wx.StaticBox(self.panel, -1, label=self.data['group_name'])
     box = wx.StaticBox(self.panel, -1, label='')
@@ -205,7 +211,7 @@ class RadioGroup(object):
     return self.panel
 
   def onSetter(self, evt):
-    self.getValue()
+    self.GetValue()
 
   def onResize(self, evt):
     msg = self.help_msgs[0]
@@ -224,6 +230,9 @@ class RadioGroup(object):
     except:
       return ''
 
+  def HasOptionString(self):
+    return bool(self.option_strings)
+
   def _GetWidget(self):
     return self.radio_buttons
 
@@ -234,6 +243,7 @@ DirChooser        = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_
 FileSaver         = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.FileSaverPayload())
 DateChooser       = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.DateChooserPayload())
 TextField         = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.TextInputPayload())
+CommandField      = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.TextInputPayload(no_qouting=True))
 Dropdown          = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.DropdownPayload())
 Counter           = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.CounterPayload())
 MultiDirChooser   = lambda data: BaseGuiComponent(data=data, widget_pack=widget_pack.MultiDirChooserPayload())
diff --git a/gooey/gui/widgets/widget_pack.py b/gooey/gui/widgets/widget_pack.py
index cdbefa6..b12697a 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/widgets/widget_pack.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/widgets/widget_pack.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from functools import partial
-import re
 from gooey.gui.lang import i18n
 from gooey.gui.util.filedrop import FileDrop
-from gooey.gui.util.quoting import maybe_quote
+from gooey.gui.util.quoting import quote
 
 __author__ = 'Chris'
 
@@ -37,7 +36,12 @@ class WidgetPack(object):
   def get_command(data):
     return data['commands'][0] if data['commands'] else ''
 
-
+  @staticmethod
+  def disable_quoting(data):
+    nargs = data.get('nargs', None)
+    if not nargs:
+      return False
+    return nargs not in (1, '?')
 
 
 class BaseChooser(WidgetPack):
@@ -48,9 +52,9 @@ class BaseChooser(WidgetPack):
     self.text_box = None
     self.button = None
 
-  def build(self, parent, data=None):
+  def build(self, parent, data):
     self.parent = parent
-    self.option_string = data['commands'][0] if data['commands'] else ''
+    self.option_string = self.get_command(data)
     self.text_box = wx.TextCtrl(self.parent)
     self.text_box.AppendText(safe_default(data, ''))
     self.text_box.SetMinSize((0, -1))
@@ -69,14 +73,13 @@ class BaseChooser(WidgetPack):
   def getValue(self):
     value = self.text_box.GetValue()
     if self.option_string and value:
-      return '{0} {1}'.format(self.option_string, maybe_quote(value))
+      return '{0} {1}'.format(self.option_string, quote(value))
     else:
-      return maybe_quote(value) if value else ''
+      return quote(value) if value else ''
 
   def onButton(self, evt):
     raise NotImplementedError
 
-
   def __repr__(self):
     return self.__class__.__name__
 
@@ -95,15 +98,26 @@ class BaseFileChooser(BaseChooser):
       self.text_box.SetValue(result)
 
   def get_path(self, dlg):
-    if isinstance(dlg, wx.DirDialog) or isinstance(dlg, CalendarDlg):
-      return maybe_quote(dlg.GetPath())
-    else:
-      paths = dlg.GetPaths()
-      return maybe_quote(paths[0]) if len(paths) < 2 else ' '.join(map(maybe_quote, paths))
+    return dlg.GetPath()
+
+
+class BaseMultiFileChooser(BaseFileChooser):
+  def __init__(self, dialog):
+    BaseFileChooser.__init__(self, dialog)
+
+  def getValue(self):
+    value = ' '.join(quote(x) for x in self.text_box.GetValue().split(os.pathsep) if x)
+    if self.option_string and value:
+      return '{} {}'.format(self.option_string, value)
+    return value or ''
+
+  def get_path(self, dlg):
+    return os.pathsep.join(dlg.GetPaths())
+
 
 class MyMultiDirChooser(MDD.MultiDirDialog):
-  def __init(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    super(MyMultiDirChooser,self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    super(MyMultiDirChooser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
   def GetPaths(self):
     return self.dirCtrl.GetPaths()
@@ -117,18 +131,21 @@ def build_dialog(style, exist_constraint=True, **kwargs):
 
 FileChooserPayload    = partial(BaseFileChooser, dialog=build_dialog(wx.FD_OPEN))
 FileSaverPayload      = partial(BaseFileChooser, dialog=build_dialog(wx.FD_SAVE, False, defaultFile="Enter Filename"))
-MultiFileSaverPayload = partial(BaseFileChooser, dialog=build_dialog(wx.FD_MULTIPLE, False))
+MultiFileSaverPayload = partial(BaseMultiFileChooser, dialog=build_dialog(wx.FD_MULTIPLE, False))
 DirChooserPayload     = partial(BaseFileChooser, dialog=lambda parent: wx.DirDialog(parent, 'Select Directory', style=wx.DD_DEFAULT_STYLE))
 DateChooserPayload    = partial(BaseFileChooser, dialog=CalendarDlg)
-MultiDirChooserPayload = partial(BaseFileChooser, dialog=lambda parent: MyMultiDirChooser(parent, title="Select Directories", defaultPath=os.getcwd(), agwStyle=MDD.DD_MULTIPLE|MDD.DD_DIR_MUST_EXIST))
+MultiDirChooserPayload = partial(BaseMultiFileChooser, dialog=lambda parent: MyMultiDirChooser(parent, title="Select Directories", defaultPath=os.getcwd(), agwStyle=MDD.DD_MULTIPLE|MDD.DD_DIR_MUST_EXIST))
 
 class TextInputPayload(WidgetPack):
-  def __init__(self):
+  def __init__(self, no_quoting=False):
     self.widget = None
     self.option_string = None
+    self.no_quoting = no_quoting
 
   def build(self, parent, data):
     self.option_string = self.get_command(data)
+    if self.disable_quoting(data):
+      self.no_quoting = True
     self.widget = wx.TextCtrl(parent)
     dt = FileDrop(self.widget)
     self.widget.SetDropTarget(dt)
@@ -138,11 +155,15 @@ class TextInputPayload(WidgetPack):
     return self.widget
 
   def getValue(self):
+    if self.no_quoting:
+      _quote = lambda value: value
+    else:
+      _quote = quote
     value = self.widget.GetValue()
     if value and self.option_string:
-      return '{} {}'.format(self.option_string, value)
+      return '{} {}'.format(self.option_string, _quote(value))
     else:
-      return '"{}"'.format(value) if value else ''
+      return _quote(value) if value else ''
 
   def _SetValue(self, text):
     # used for testing
@@ -152,12 +173,15 @@ class TextInputPayload(WidgetPack):
 class DropdownPayload(WidgetPack):
   default_value = 'Select Option'
 
-  def __init__(self):
-    self.option_string = None
+  def __init__(self, no_quoting=False):
     self.widget = None
+    self.option_string = None
+    self.no_quoting = no_quoting
 
   def build(self, parent, data):
     self.option_string = self.get_command(data)
+    if self.disable_quoting(data):
+      self.no_quoting = True
     self.widget = wx.ComboBox(
       parent=parent,
       id=-1,
@@ -168,12 +192,17 @@ class DropdownPayload(WidgetPack):
     return self.widget
 
   def getValue(self):
-    if self.widget.GetValue() == self.default_value:
+    if self.no_quoting:
+      _quote = lambda value: value
+    else:
+      _quote = quote
+    value = self.widget.GetValue()
+    if value == self.default_value:
       return ''
-    elif self.widget.GetValue() and self.option_string:
-      return '{} {}'.format(self.option_string, self.widget.GetValue())
+    elif value and self.option_string:
+      return '{} {}'.format(self.option_string, _quote(value))
     else:
-      return self.widget.GetValue()
+      return _quote(value) if value else ''
 
   def _SetValue(self, text):
     # used for testing
@@ -212,4 +241,4 @@ class CounterPayload(WidgetPack):
 
 def safe_default(data, default):
   # str(None) is 'None'!? Whaaaaat...?
-  return str(data['default']) if data['default'] else ''
+  return str(data['default']) if data['default'] else default
diff --git a/gooey/gui/windows/advanced_config.py b/gooey/gui/windows/advanced_config.py
index 21bbcf2..c4276e9 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/windows/advanced_config.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/windows/advanced_config.py
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ class ConfigPanel(ScrolledPanel, OptionReader):
     """
     returns the collective values from all of the
     widgets contained in the panel"""
-    values = [c.GetValue()
-              for c in chain(*self.widgets)
-              if c.GetValue() is not None]
-    return ' '.join(values)
+    _f = lambda lst: [x for x in lst if x is not None]
+    optional_args = _f([c.GetValue() for c in self.widgets.optional_args])
+    required_args = _f([c.GetValue() for c in self.widgets.required_args if c.HasOptionString()])
+    position_args = _f([c.GetValue() for c in self.widgets.required_args if not c.HasOptionString()])
+    if position_args: position_args.insert(0, "--")
+    return ' '.join(chain(required_args, optional_args, position_args))
 
   def GetRequiredArgs(self):
     return [arg.GetValue() for arg in self.widgets.required_args]
diff --git a/gooey/gui/windows/layouts.py b/gooey/gui/windows/layouts.py
index 67393fe..ae8deca 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/windows/layouts.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/windows/layouts.py
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ from gooey.gui import events
 from gooey.gui.windows.advanced_config import ConfigPanel
 from gooey.gui.windows.sidebar import Sidebar
 from gooey.gui.util import wx_util
+from gooey.gui.util.quoting import quote
+
 
 basic_config = {
     'required': [{
-      'type': 'TextField',
+      'type': 'CommandField',
       'data': {
         'display_name': 'Enter Commands',
         'help': 'Enter command line arguments',
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ class ColumnLayout(wx.Panel):
     return panels
 
   def GetOptions(self):
-    return '{} {}'.format(self.active_panel, self.config_panels[self.active_panel].GetOptions())
+    return '{} {}'.format(quote(self.active_panel), self.config_panels[self.active_panel].GetOptions())
 
   def GetRequiredArgs(self):
     return self.config_panels[self.active_panel].GetRequiredArgs()