diff --git a/src/base/reconstruction.cc b/src/base/reconstruction.cc
index 5674363..794b994 100755
--- a/src/base/reconstruction.cc
+++ b/src/base/reconstruction.cc
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ void Reconstruction::ImportPLY(const std::string& path) {
   }
 }
 
-bool Reconstruction::ExportNVM(const std::string& path) const {
+bool Reconstruction::ExportNVM(const std::string& path, const std::string& image_path) const {
   std::ofstream file(path, std::ios::trunc);
   CHECK(file.is_open()) << path;
 
@@ -979,7 +979,13 @@ bool Reconstruction::ExportNVM(const std::string& path) const {
         -1 * camera.Params(SimpleRadialCameraModel::extra_params_idxs[0]);
     const Eigen::Vector3d proj_center = image.ProjectionCenter();
 
-    file << image.Name() << " ";
+    //fix white space in nvm path acordingly
+    std::string image_path_nvm = image_path ;
+    std::transform(image_path_nvm.begin(), image_path_nvm.end(), image_path_nvm.begin(), [](char ch) {
+    	return ch == ' ' ? '"' : ch;
+    });
+
+    file << JoinPaths(image_path_nvm, image.Name()) << " ";
     file << f << " ";
     file << image.Qvec(0) << " ";
     file << image.Qvec(1) << " ";
diff --git a/src/base/reconstruction.h b/src/base/reconstruction.h
index 7cb5ffb..c2b1d84 100755
--- a/src/base/reconstruction.h
+++ b/src/base/reconstruction.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class Reconstruction {
   void ImportPLY(const std::string& path);
 
   // Export to other data formats.
-  bool ExportNVM(const std::string& path) const;
+  bool ExportNVM(const std::string& path,const std::string& image_path) const;
   bool ExportBundler(const std::string& path,
                      const std::string& list_path) const;
   void ExportPLY(const std::string& path) const;
diff --git a/src/exe/model_converter.cc b/src/exe/model_converter.cc
index 9e14d73..c5bfcbf 100755
--- a/src/exe/model_converter.cc
+++ b/src/exe/model_converter.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   } else if (output_type == "txt") {
     reconstruction.WriteText(output_path);
   } else if (output_type == "nvm") {
-    reconstruction.ExportNVM(output_path);
+    reconstruction.ExportNVM(output_path,*options.image_path);
   } else if (output_type == "bundler") {
     reconstruction.ExportBundler(output_path + ".bundle.out",
                                  output_path + ".list.txt");
diff --git a/src/ui/main_window.cc b/src/ui/main_window.cc
index 09d8020..48c1177 100755
--- a/src/ui/main_window.cc
+++ b/src/ui/main_window.cc
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ void MainWindow::ExportAs() {
         const Reconstruction& reconstruction =
             reconstruction_manager_.Get(SelectedReconstructionIdx());
         if (filter == "NVM (*.nvm)") {
-          reconstruction.ExportNVM(export_path);
+          reconstruction.ExportNVM(export_path,*options_.image_path);
         } else if (filter == "Bundler (*.out)") {
           reconstruction.ExportBundler(export_path, export_path + ".list.txt");
         } else if (filter == "PLY (*.ply)") {