diff --git a/ui/drivers/qt/playlistthumbnaildownload.cpp b/ui/drivers/qt/playlistthumbnaildownload.cpp
index e7348c0eae..52e4b86677 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/qt/playlistthumbnaildownload.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/qt/playlistthumbnaildownload.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void MainWindow::downloadNextPlaylistThumbnail(QString system, QString title, QS
    if (!settings)
       return;
 
+   title = getScrubbedString(title);
    systemUnderscore = systemUnderscore.replace(" ", "_");
 
    urlString = QString(THUMBNAIL_URL_HEADER) + systemUnderscore + THUMBNAIL_URL_BRANCH + type + "/" + title + THUMBNAIL_URL_FOOTER;
diff --git a/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp b/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp
index c5e5282ea5..c54d9b85aa 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/qt/thumbnaildownload.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ void MainWindow::downloadThumbnail(QString system, QString title, QUrl url)
    if (!settings || m_pendingThumbnailDownloadTypes.isEmpty())
       return;
 
+   title = getScrubbedString(title);
    downloadType = m_pendingThumbnailDownloadTypes.takeFirst();
 
    systemUnderscore = systemUnderscore.replace(" ", "_");
diff --git a/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp b/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp
index 223df5ffcc..1699c9a36c 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/qt/ui_qt_window.cpp
@@ -3152,6 +3152,18 @@ int MainWindow::onExtractArchive(QString path, QString extractionDir, QString te
    return returnerr;
 }
 
+QString MainWindow::getScrubbedString(QString str)
+{
+   const QLatin1Literal chars("&*/:`\"<>?\\|");
+
+   foreach (QChar ch, chars)
+   {
+      str.replace(ch, "_");
+   }
+
+   return str;
+}
+
 static void* ui_window_qt_init(void)
 {
    ui_window.qtWindow = new MainWindow();
diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_qt.h b/ui/drivers/ui_qt.h
index 9baf33547d..323c25b039 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_qt.h
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_qt.h
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ public:
    static double lerp(double x, double y, double a, double b, double d);
    QString getSpecialPlaylistPath(SpecialPlaylist playlist);
    QVector<QPair<QString, QString> > getPlaylists();
+   QString getScrubbedString(QString str);
 
 signals:
    void thumbnailChanged(const QPixmap &pixmap);