diff --git a/youtubedownloader/youtubedownloader.py b/youtubedownloader/youtubedownloader.py
index c68d84c..514b601 100644
--- a/youtubedownloader/youtubedownloader.py
+++ b/youtubedownloader/youtubedownloader.py
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class YouTubeDownloader(commands.Cog):
         def youtube_download(url: str, path: str):
             """This function does the actual downloading of the YouTube Video."""
             yt = YouTube(url=url)
-            filename = f"{yt.title} ({yt.video_id})"
+            translation_table = dict.fromkeys(map(ord, r'<>:"/\|?*'), None)
+            filename = f"{yt.title.translate(translation_table)} ({yt.video_id})"
             if audio_only:
                 stream = yt.streams.filter(only_audio=True, mime_type='audio/mp4')
                 stream = stream.order_by('abr')