diff --git a/commands/utils/utils.js b/commands/utils/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f648403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/utils/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+function split_at_pattern(s, pattern) {
+    const res = [];
+    let beg = 0;
+    let inString = false;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+        if (s[i] === pattern && !inString) {
+            res.push(s.substring(beg, i));
+            beg = i + 1;
+        } else if (s[i] === '"') {
+            if (!inString) {
+                inString = true;
+            } else if (i > 0 && s[i - 1] !== '\\') {
+                inString = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    res.push(s.substring(beg));
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {
+    split_at_pattern: split_at_pattern,
+  };
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/commands/utils/validate.js b/commands/utils/validate.js
index 0ae774f..f796664 100644
--- a/commands/utils/validate.js
+++ b/commands/utils/validate.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const semver = require("semver");
 const semverCompare = require("semver/functions/compare");
+const { split_at_pattern } = require("./utils.js");
 
 const constants = require("./constants.js");
 module.exports = validate_config = function (lt_config, validation_configs) {
@@ -208,18 +209,18 @@ module.exports = validate_config = function (lt_config, validation_configs) {
           validation_configs.blacklistCommands[i]
         );
       }
-      let settings = lt_config["run_settings"]["cypress_settings"].split(";");
-      //let setting_names = [];
+      let settings = split_at_pattern(lt_config["run_settings"]["cypress_settings"], ';')
       let settings_flag = true;
       let setting_param = "";
       for (let i = 0; i < settings.length; i++) {
+        let configs = split_at_pattern(settings[i],' ')
         if (
           validation_configs.blacklistCommands.some((rx) =>
-            rx.test(settings[i].split(" ")[0])
+            rx.test(configs[0])
           )
         ) {
           settings_flag = false;
-          setting_param = settings[i].split(" ")[0];
+          setting_param = configs[0];
           break;
         }
       }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2ccc59a..f2bb82e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "lambdatest-cypress-cli",
-  "version": "3.0.21",
+  "version": "3.0.22",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "lambdatest-cypress-cli",
-      "version": "3.0.21",
+      "version": "3.0.22",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@lambdatest/node-tunnel": "latest",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8fd3a37..dafbca5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lambdatest-cypress-cli",
-  "version": "3.0.21",
+  "version": "3.0.22",
   "description": "The lambdatest-cypress-cli is LambdaTest's command-line interface (CLI) aimed to help you run your Cypress tests on LambdaTest platform.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/LambdaTest/lambdatest-cypress-cli",
   "author": "LambdaTest <keys@lambdatest.com>",