diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 820861d..ed9d5dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ In general, you can pass the same arguments to `docker-run` as you would pass to
 docker-run --volume $(pwd):/volume ubuntu ls /volume
 ```
 
-In addition to the arguments you are passing, `docker-run` however also enables the following features by default. Each of these default features can be disabled, see [Usage](#usage).
+In addition to the arguments you are passing, `docker-run` however also enables the following features by default. Most of these default features can be disabled, see [Usage](#usage).
 - container removal after exit (`--rm`)
 - interactive tty (`--interactive --tty`)
 - current directory name as container name (`--name`)
+- relative bind mounts (`--volume [./RELATIVE_PATH>]:[TARGET_PATH]`)
 - GPU support (`--gpus all` / `--runtime nvidia`)
 - X11 GUI forwarding
 
diff --git a/docker-run-cli/pyproject.toml b/docker-run-cli/pyproject.toml
index d1db6b1..73c79d4 100644
--- a/docker-run-cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docker-run-cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "docker-run-cli"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.7"
 description = "'docker run' and 'docker exec' with useful defaults"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
 ]
 keywords = ["docker", "container"]
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = ["GPUtil~=1.4.0"]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["build", "twine"]
-docker-ros = ["docker-run-docker-ros>=1.0.4"]
-plugins = ["docker-run-docker-ros>=1.0.4"]
-all = ["docker-run-docker-ros>=1.0.4", "build", "twine"]
+docker-ros = ["docker-run-docker-ros>=1.0.5"]
+plugins = ["docker-run-docker-ros>=1.0.5"]
+all = ["docker-run-docker-ros>=1.0.5", "build", "twine"]
 
 [project.urls]
 "Repository" = "https://github.com/ika-rwth-aachen/docker-run"
diff --git a/docker-run-cli/scripts/docker-run b/docker-run-cli/scripts/docker-run
index ca238de..ccb0b9a 100755
--- a/docker-run-cli/scripts/docker-run
+++ b/docker-run-cli/scripts/docker-run
@@ -26,8 +26,21 @@ python3 -m docker_run "${@}" 2>&1 >$CMD_FILE
 CMD=$(cat $CMD_FILE)
 rm $CMD_FILE
 
+# convert command string to array to allow for escaped characters, e.g. "docker run -v /path\ with\ spaces:/path\ with\ spaces ..."
+CMD_ARRAY=()
+  while IFS= read -r -d ' ' part; do
+    while [[ $part == *"\\" ]]; do
+      part+=" "
+      part="${part//\\/}"
+      IFS= read -r -d ' ' next_part
+      part+=$next_part
+    done
+    CMD_ARRAY+=("$part")
+  done <<< "$CMD"
+  CMD_ARRAY+=("${part%$'\n'}")
+
 # execute command
 if [[ ! -z "$CMD" ]]; then
   echo -e "================================================================================\n"
-  exec $CMD
+  exec "${CMD_ARRAY[@]}"
 fi
diff --git a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/__init__.py b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/__init__.py
index 8c336c3..ed32f3f 100644
--- a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/__init__.py
+++ b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 __name__ = "docker-run"
-__version__ = "0.9.6"
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+__version__ = "0.9.7"
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diff --git a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/core.py b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/core.py
index 6b51630..ced9acf 100644
--- a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/core.py
+++ b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/core.py
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ def buildDockerCommand(args: Dict[str, Any], unknown_args: List[str] = [], cmd_a
         else:
             docker_cmd += ["bash"] # default exec command
 
+    # plugin modifications
+    for plugin in PLUGINS:
+        docker_cmd = plugin.modifyFinalCommand(docker_cmd, args, unknown_args)
+
     return " ".join(docker_cmd)
 
 
diff --git a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/core.py b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/core.py
index 38957b2..dc8dd99 100644
--- a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/core.py
+++ b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/core.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import tempfile
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
+import GPUtil
+
 from docker_run.utils import log, runCommand
 from docker_run.plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
@@ -55,6 +57,13 @@ def getExecFlags(cls, args: Dict[str, Any], unknown_args: List[str]) -> List[str
             flags += cls.interactiveFlags()
         return flags
 
+    @classmethod
+    def modifyFinalCommand(cls, cmd: List[str], args: Dict[str, Any], unknown_args: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+        if "-v" in cmd or "--volume" in cmd:
+            cmd = cls.resolveRelativeVolumeFlags(cmd)
+            cmd = cls.fixSpacesInVolumeFlags(cmd)
+        return cmd
+
     @classmethod
     def removeFlags(cls) -> List[str]:
         return ["--rm"]
@@ -78,12 +87,16 @@ def localeFlags(cls) -> List[str]:
 
     @classmethod
     def gpuSupportFlags(cls) -> List[str]:
-        if cls.ARCH == "x86_64":
-            return ["--gpus all"]
-        elif cls.ARCH == "aarch64" and cls.OS == "Linux":
-            return ["--runtime nvidia"]
+        if len(GPUtil.getGPUs()) > 0:
+            if cls.ARCH == "x86_64":
+                return ["--gpus all"]
+            elif cls.ARCH == "aarch64" and cls.OS == "Linux":
+                return ["--runtime nvidia"]
+            else:
+                log(f"GPU not supported by `docker-run` on {cls.OS} with {cls.ARCH} architecture")
+                return []
         else:
-            log(f"GPU not supported by `docker-run` on {cls.OS} with {cls.ARCH} architecture")
+            log(f"No GPU detected")
             return []
 
     @classmethod
@@ -92,7 +105,7 @@ def x11GuiForwardingFlags(cls, docker_network: str = "bridge") -> List[str]:
         display = os.environ.get("DISPLAY")
         if display is None:
             return []
-        
+
         if cls.OS == "Darwin":
             runCommand(f"xhost +local:")
 
@@ -119,4 +132,22 @@ def x11GuiForwardingFlags(cls, docker_network: str = "bridge") -> List[str]:
 
     @classmethod
     def currentDirMountFlags(cls) -> List[str]:
-        return [f"--volume {os.getcwd()}:{os.getcwd()}", f"--workdir {os.getcwd()}"]
+        cwd = os.getcwd().replace(" ", "\\ ")
+        return [f"--volume {cwd}:{cwd}", f"--workdir {cwd}"]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resolveRelativeVolumeFlags(cls, cmd: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+        for i, arg in enumerate(cmd):
+            if arg in ["-v", "--volume"]:
+                mount_path = cmd[i + 1].split(":")[0]
+                if mount_path.startswith("."):
+                    absolute_mount_path = os.path.abspath(mount_path)
+                    cmd[i + 1] = absolute_mount_path + cmd[i + 1][len(mount_path):]
+        return cmd
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fixSpacesInVolumeFlags(cls, cmd: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+        for i, arg in enumerate(cmd):
+            if arg in ["-v", "--volume"]:
+                cmd[i + 1] = cmd[i + 1].replace(" ", "\\ ")
+        return cmd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/plugin.py b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/plugin.py
index 38c6c37..44430ea 100644
--- a/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/plugin.py
+++ b/docker-run-cli/src/docker_run/plugins/plugin.py
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ def getRunFlags(cls, args: Dict[str, Any], unknown_args: List[str]) -> List[str]
     @abstractmethod
     def getExecFlags(cls, args: Dict[str, Any], unknown_args: List[str]) -> List[str]:
         raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def modifyFinalCommand(cls, cmd: List[str], args: Dict[str, Any], unknown_args: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+        return cmd
diff --git a/docker-run-docker-ros/pyproject.toml b/docker-run-docker-ros/pyproject.toml
index 48d58a4..a9e8ac4 100644
--- a/docker-run-docker-ros/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docker-run-docker-ros/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "docker-run-docker-ros"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.0.5"
 description = "docker-run plugin for Docker images built by docker-ros"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
 ]
 keywords = ["docker", "container", "ros"]
-dependencies = ["docker-run-cli>=0.9.4"]
+dependencies = ["docker-run-cli>=0.9.7"]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/docker-run-docker-ros/src/docker_run/plugins/docker_ros.py b/docker-run-docker-ros/src/docker_run/plugins/docker_ros.py
index 0b4e28d..484d2bf 100644
--- a/docker-run-docker-ros/src/docker_run/plugins/docker_ros.py
+++ b/docker-run-docker-ros/src/docker_run/plugins/docker_ros.py
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ def userExecFlags(cls, user: str) -> List[str]:
 
     @classmethod
     def currentDirMountWorkspaceFlags(cls) -> List[str]:
-        return [f"--volume {os.getcwd()}:{cls.TARGET_MOUNT}", f"--workdir {cls.WORKSPACE}"]
+        cwd = os.getcwd().replace(" ", "\\ ")
+        return [f"--volume {cwd}:{cls.TARGET_MOUNT}", f"--workdir {cls.WORKSPACE}"]