diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc5e41c..0dc0331 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Release history
 
+## 0.16.3, 2023-02-06
+
+- [FIX] Fixes handling of backslashes and colon characters in file names [#43]
+
+
 ## 0.16.2, 2023-01-30
 
 - [CHG] Shortens `*/rename` error messages
diff --git a/src/utils/file-handling.ts b/src/utils/file-handling.ts
index f935d1e..72626b2 100644
--- a/src/utils/file-handling.ts
+++ b/src/utils/file-handling.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export function sanitizeFilePath(
   filename: string,
   isFolder: boolean = false,
 ): string {
+  filename = filename.replace(/[\\:]/g, "-");
   filename = normalizePath(filename)
     .replace(/^[\/\.]+/, "")
     .trim();