diff --git a/process/funcs.py b/process/funcs.py
index 9d92170..10d8ede 100644
--- a/process/funcs.py
+++ b/process/funcs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 
 import ffmpeg
@@ -76,3 +77,11 @@ def remove_duplicates_from_playlist(entries):
             videos.append(video)
             s.add(video['id'])
     return videos
+
+
+def remove_special_chars_linux(string, special_chars: list = None):
+    if special_chars is None:
+        special_chars = ['\\', '`', '*', '_', '{', '}', '[', ']', '(', ')', '>', '#', '+', '-', '.', '!', '$', '\'']
+    for char in special_chars:
+        string = re.sub(re.escape(char), '', string)
+    return string
diff --git a/process/threads.py b/process/threads.py
index bd7e7b7..d6ce2d4 100644
--- a/process/threads.py
+++ b/process/threads.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
 import ydl.yt_dlp as ydl
-from process.funcs import setup_file_logger
+from process.funcs import remove_special_chars_linux, setup_file_logger
 
 
 class ytdl_logger(object):
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def download_video(args) -> dict:
         #     # Sometimes we won't be able to pull the video info so just use the video's ID.
         #     base_path = kwargs['output_dir'] / video['id']
 
-        ylogger = ytdl_logger(setup_file_logger(video['id'], base_path + '.log'))
+        ylogger = ytdl_logger(setup_file_logger(video['id'], remove_special_chars_linux(base_path, special_chars=['/']) + '.log'))
         kwargs['ydl_opts']['logger'] = ylogger
         yt_dlp = ydl.YDL(kwargs['ydl_opts'])  # recreate the object with the correct logging path
         error_code = yt_dlp(video['url'])  # Do the download