diff --git a/drive/drive.go b/drive/drive.go
index c012fab..fee3381 100644
--- a/drive/drive.go
+++ b/drive/drive.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (G *GoogleDriveClient) Download(nodeId string, localPath string, outputPath
 	file := G.GetFileMetadata(nodeId)
 	fmt.Printf("Name: %s, MimeType: %s\n", file.Name, file.MimeType)
 	if outputPath == "" {
-		outputPath = file.Name
+		outputPath = utils.CleanupFilename(file.Name)
 	}
 	absPath := path.Join(localPath, outputPath)
 	if file.MimeType == G.GDRIVE_DIR_MIMETYPE {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (G *GoogleDriveClient) Download(nodeId string, localPath string, outputPath
 func (G *GoogleDriveClient) TraverseNodes(nodeId string, localPath string) {
 	files := G.GetFilesByParentId(nodeId)
 	for _, file := range files {
-		absPath := path.Join(localPath, file.Name)
+		absPath := path.Join(localPath, utils.CleanupFilename(file.Name))
 		if file.MimeType == G.GDRIVE_DIR_MIMETYPE {
 			err := os.MkdirAll(absPath, 0755)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 4c04c1d..1d28152 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/xdg"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ func fileExists(filename string) bool {
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return false
 	}
+	if info == nil {
+		return false
+	}
 	return !info.IsDir()
 }
 
@@ -98,3 +102,10 @@ func StringToInt(str string) (int, error) {
 	}
 	return i, nil
 }
+
+func CleanupFilename(name string) string {
+	for _, char := range []string{"\"", "?", "&", "*", "@", "!", "'"} {
+		name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, char, "")
+	}
+	return name
+}