diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 51d06fb..9b0b005 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ google-auth-oauthlib = "*"
 isort = "*"
 cx-freeze = "*"
 colorama = "*"
+sanitize-filename = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 88868b4..7df7168 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ac38e1a20454298990269cd9d6d82c3343dac2f12b55a452d7fcd4daacd49399"
+            "sha256": "c035b8429aaee4232f566b2072dd17345935ae4c0bca3394b2e6da6473f3252f"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
         },
         "charset-normalizer": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:88fce3fa5b1a84fdcb3f603d889f723d1dd89b26059d0123ca435570e848d5e1",
-                "sha256:c46c3ace2d744cfbdebceaa3c19ae691f53ae621b39fd7570f59d14fb7f2fd12"
+                "sha256:0c8911edd15d19223366a194a513099a302055a962bca2cec0f54b8b63175d8b",
+                "sha256:f23667ebe1084be45f6ae0538e4a5a865206544097e4e8bbcacf42cd02a348f3"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3'",
-            "version": "==2.0.3"
+            "version": "==2.0.4"
         },
         "click": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -106,27 +106,27 @@
         },
         "google-api-core": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:7c8ba88e2b893ef4f67d67e229aade51a2db5053023b73b1394a5ee3dcdb561c",
-                "sha256:a9f979b5c6a9cad31a4120ca6be712df76adc32336a7bf4bc2f4331a1b527fe7"
+                "sha256:8af2bd6392eb58acd14d697bec9835a9661cfc5ceadae14d0fe5102b664201e2",
+                "sha256:c1af0f4e438c49bda866448ceacb7a64d9103e73c6d2310d988fef4cf7715f29"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5'",
-            "version": "==1.31.0"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
+            "version": "==2.0.0b1"
         },
         "google-api-python-client": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2a8c34fccbf5c1636898c0dbaef6745f8f5150ba5304e6de0f8f0635dcf47847",
-                "sha256:30062b369623cb023592b7f721dd8463389f45bcf2713e56c7a3a509b65c250a"
+                "sha256:8375489232823f44c601196a960505e03ec58c95ddb6415c6b1d1d76b468f8ba",
+                "sha256:87af2462b922c976291fcd0d062a0011d4ac41b11cee04089aa9577dd7b44ae3"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==2.14.0"
+            "version": "==2.15.0"
         },
         "google-auth": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:036dd68c1e8baa422b6b61619b8e02793da2e20f55e69514612de6c080468755",
-                "sha256:7665c04f2df13cc938dc7d9066cddb1f8af62b038bc8b2306848c1b23121865f"
+                "sha256:aa72efe4231b7b64b81aa9a4378e45d85a89299de4264b7a64c18ecf8b426b08",
+                "sha256:c33f9e2a3dcc07cb6eb9cc45c259f760bb29f2987b5d22e7991626b2c8619791"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5'",
-            "version": "==1.33.1"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
+            "version": "==2.0.0b1"
         },
         "google-auth-httplib2": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@
         },
         "google-auth-oauthlib": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:09832c6e75032f93818edf1affe4746121d640c625a5bef9b5c96af676e98eee",
-                "sha256:0e92aacacfb94978de3b7972cf4b0f204c3cd206f74ddd0dc0b31e91164e6317"
+                "sha256:4ab58e6c3dc6ccf112f921fcced40e5426fba266768986ea502228488276eaba",
+                "sha256:b5a1ce7c617d247ccb2dfbba9d4bfc734b41096803d854a2c52592ae80150a67"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==0.4.4"
+            "version": "==0.4.5"
         },
         "googleapis-common-protos": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -169,19 +169,19 @@
         },
         "importlib-metadata": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:079ada16b7fc30dfbb5d13399a5113110dab1aa7c2bc62f66af75f0b717c8cac",
-                "sha256:9f55f560e116f8643ecf2922d9cd3e1c7e8d52e683178fecd9d08f6aa357e11e"
+                "sha256:0645585859e9a6689c523927a5032f2ba5919f1f7d0e84bd4533312320de1ff9",
+                "sha256:51c6635429c77cf1ae634c997ff9e53ca3438b495f10a55ba28594dd69764a8b"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==4.6.1"
+            "version": "==4.6.3"
         },
         "isort": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:eed17b53c3e7912425579853d078a0832820f023191561fcee9d7cae424e0813",
-                "sha256:f65ce5bd4cbc6abdfbe29afc2f0245538ab358c14590912df638033f157d555e"
+                "sha256:9c2ea1e62d871267b78307fe511c0838ba0da28698c5732d54e2790bf3ba9899",
+                "sha256:e17d6e2b81095c9db0a03a8025a957f334d6ea30b26f9ec70805411e5c7c81f2"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==5.9.2"
+            "version": "==5.9.3"
         },
         "mypy-extensions": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -198,14 +198,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
             "version": "==3.1.1"
         },
-        "packaging": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:7dc96269f53a4ccec5c0670940a4281106dd0bb343f47b7471f779df49c2fbe7",
-                "sha256:c86254f9220d55e31cc94d69bade760f0847da8000def4dfe1c6b872fd14ff14"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==21.0"
-        },
         "pathspec": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:7d15c4ddb0b5c802d161efc417ec1a2558ea2653c2e8ad9c19098201dc1c993a",
@@ -342,58 +334,43 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '2.6' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'",
             "version": "==2.4.7"
         },
-        "pytz": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:83a4a90894bf38e243cf052c8b58f381bfe9a7a483f6a9cab140bc7f702ac4da",
-                "sha256:eb10ce3e7736052ed3623d49975ce333bcd712c7bb19a58b9e2089d4057d0798"
-            ],
-            "version": "==2021.1"
-        },
         "regex": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0eb2c6e0fcec5e0f1d3bcc1133556563222a2ffd2211945d7b1480c1b1a42a6f",
-                "sha256:15dddb19823f5147e7517bb12635b3c82e6f2a3a6b696cc3e321522e8b9308ad",
-                "sha256:173bc44ff95bc1e96398c38f3629d86fa72e539c79900283afa895694229fe6a",
-                "sha256:1c78780bf46d620ff4fff40728f98b8afd8b8e35c3efd638c7df67be2d5cddbf",
-                "sha256:2366fe0479ca0e9afa534174faa2beae87847d208d457d200183f28c74eaea59",
-                "sha256:2bceeb491b38225b1fee4517107b8491ba54fba77cf22a12e996d96a3c55613d",
-                "sha256:2ddeabc7652024803666ea09f32dd1ed40a0579b6fbb2a213eba590683025895",
-                "sha256:2fe5e71e11a54e3355fa272137d521a40aace5d937d08b494bed4529964c19c4",
-                "sha256:319eb2a8d0888fa6f1d9177705f341bc9455a2c8aca130016e52c7fe8d6c37a3",
-                "sha256:3f5716923d3d0bfb27048242a6e0f14eecdb2e2a7fac47eda1d055288595f222",
-                "sha256:422dec1e7cbb2efbbe50e3f1de36b82906def93ed48da12d1714cabcd993d7f0",
-                "sha256:4c9c3155fe74269f61e27617529b7f09552fbb12e44b1189cebbdb24294e6e1c",
-                "sha256:4f64fc59fd5b10557f6cd0937e1597af022ad9b27d454e182485f1db3008f417",
-                "sha256:564a4c8a29435d1f2256ba247a0315325ea63335508ad8ed938a4f14c4116a5d",
-                "sha256:59506c6e8bd9306cd8a41511e32d16d5d1194110b8cfe5a11d102d8b63cf945d",
-                "sha256:598c0a79b4b851b922f504f9f39a863d83ebdfff787261a5ed061c21e67dd761",
-                "sha256:59c00bb8dd8775473cbfb967925ad2c3ecc8886b3b2d0c90a8e2707e06c743f0",
-                "sha256:6110bab7eab6566492618540c70edd4d2a18f40ca1d51d704f1d81c52d245026",
-                "sha256:6afe6a627888c9a6cfbb603d1d017ce204cebd589d66e0703309b8048c3b0854",
-                "sha256:791aa1b300e5b6e5d597c37c346fb4d66422178566bbb426dd87eaae475053fb",
-                "sha256:8394e266005f2d8c6f0bc6780001f7afa3ef81a7a2111fa35058ded6fce79e4d",
-                "sha256:875c355360d0f8d3d827e462b29ea7682bf52327d500a4f837e934e9e4656068",
-                "sha256:89e5528803566af4df368df2d6f503c84fbfb8249e6631c7b025fe23e6bd0cde",
-                "sha256:99d8ab206a5270c1002bfcf25c51bf329ca951e5a169f3b43214fdda1f0b5f0d",
-                "sha256:9a854b916806c7e3b40e6616ac9e85d3cdb7649d9e6590653deb5b341a736cec",
-                "sha256:b85ac458354165405c8a84725de7bbd07b00d9f72c31a60ffbf96bb38d3e25fa",
-                "sha256:bc84fb254a875a9f66616ed4538542fb7965db6356f3df571d783f7c8d256edd",
-                "sha256:c92831dac113a6e0ab28bc98f33781383fe294df1a2c3dfd1e850114da35fd5b",
-                "sha256:cbe23b323988a04c3e5b0c387fe3f8f363bf06c0680daf775875d979e376bd26",
-                "sha256:ccb3d2190476d00414aab36cca453e4596e8f70a206e2aa8db3d495a109153d2",
-                "sha256:d8bbce0c96462dbceaa7ac4a7dfbbee92745b801b24bce10a98d2f2b1ea9432f",
-                "sha256:db2b7df831c3187a37f3bb80ec095f249fa276dbe09abd3d35297fc250385694",
-                "sha256:e586f448df2bbc37dfadccdb7ccd125c62b4348cb90c10840d695592aa1b29e0",
-                "sha256:e5983c19d0beb6af88cb4d47afb92d96751fb3fa1784d8785b1cdf14c6519407",
-                "sha256:e6a1e5ca97d411a461041d057348e578dc344ecd2add3555aedba3b408c9f874",
-                "sha256:eaf58b9e30e0e546cdc3ac06cf9165a1ca5b3de8221e9df679416ca667972035",
-                "sha256:ed693137a9187052fc46eedfafdcb74e09917166362af4cc4fddc3b31560e93d",
-                "sha256:edd1a68f79b89b0c57339bce297ad5d5ffcc6ae7e1afdb10f1947706ed066c9c",
-                "sha256:f080248b3e029d052bf74a897b9d74cfb7643537fbde97fe8225a6467fb559b5",
-                "sha256:f9392a4555f3e4cb45310a65b403d86b589adc773898c25a39184b1ba4db8985",
-                "sha256:f98dc35ab9a749276f1a4a38ab3e0e2ba1662ce710f6530f5b0a6656f1c32b58"
-            ],
-            "version": "==2021.7.6"
+                "sha256:026beb631097a4a3def7299aa5825e05e057de3c6d72b139c37813bfa351274b",
+                "sha256:14caacd1853e40103f59571f169704367e79fb78fac3d6d09ac84d9197cadd16",
+                "sha256:16d9eaa8c7e91537516c20da37db975f09ac2e7772a0694b245076c6d68f85da",
+                "sha256:18fdc51458abc0a974822333bd3a932d4e06ba2a3243e9a1da305668bd62ec6d",
+                "sha256:28e8af338240b6f39713a34e337c3813047896ace09d51593d6907c66c0708ba",
+                "sha256:3835de96524a7b6869a6c710b26c90e94558c31006e96ca3cf6af6751b27dca1",
+                "sha256:3905c86cc4ab6d71635d6419a6f8d972cab7c634539bba6053c47354fd04452c",
+                "sha256:3c09d88a07483231119f5017904db8f60ad67906efac3f1baa31b9b7f7cca281",
+                "sha256:4551728b767f35f86b8e5ec19a363df87450c7376d7419c3cac5b9ceb4bce576",
+                "sha256:459bbe342c5b2dec5c5223e7c363f291558bc27982ef39ffd6569e8c082bdc83",
+                "sha256:4f421e3cdd3a273bace013751c345f4ebeef08f05e8c10757533ada360b51a39",
+                "sha256:577737ec3d4c195c4aef01b757905779a9e9aee608fa1cf0aec16b5576c893d3",
+                "sha256:57fece29f7cc55d882fe282d9de52f2f522bb85290555b49394102f3621751ee",
+                "sha256:7976d410e42be9ae7458c1816a416218364e06e162b82e42f7060737e711d9ce",
+                "sha256:85f568892422a0e96235eb8ea6c5a41c8ccbf55576a2260c0160800dbd7c4f20",
+                "sha256:8764a78c5464ac6bde91a8c87dd718c27c1cabb7ed2b4beaf36d3e8e390567f9",
+                "sha256:8935937dad2c9b369c3d932b0edbc52a62647c2afb2fafc0c280f14a8bf56a6a",
+                "sha256:8fe58d9f6e3d1abf690174fd75800fda9bdc23d2a287e77758dc0e8567e38ce6",
+                "sha256:937b20955806381e08e54bd9d71f83276d1f883264808521b70b33d98e4dec5d",
+                "sha256:9569da9e78f0947b249370cb8fadf1015a193c359e7e442ac9ecc585d937f08d",
+                "sha256:a3b73390511edd2db2d34ff09aa0b2c08be974c71b4c0505b4a048d5dc128c2b",
+                "sha256:a4eddbe2a715b2dd3849afbdeacf1cc283160b24e09baf64fa5675f51940419d",
+                "sha256:a5c6dbe09aff091adfa8c7cfc1a0e83fdb8021ddb2c183512775a14f1435fe16",
+                "sha256:b63e3571b24a7959017573b6455e05b675050bbbea69408f35f3cb984ec54363",
+                "sha256:bb350eb1060591d8e89d6bac4713d41006cd4d479f5e11db334a48ff8999512f",
+                "sha256:bf6d987edd4a44dd2fa2723fca2790f9442ae4de2c8438e53fcb1befdf5d823a",
+                "sha256:bfa6a679410b394600eafd16336b2ce8de43e9b13f7fb9247d84ef5ad2b45e91",
+                "sha256:c856ec9b42e5af4fe2d8e75970fcc3a2c15925cbcc6e7a9bcb44583b10b95e80",
+                "sha256:cea56288eeda8b7511d507bbe7790d89ae7049daa5f51ae31a35ae3c05408531",
+                "sha256:ea212df6e5d3f60341aef46401d32fcfded85593af1d82b8b4a7a68cd67fdd6b",
+                "sha256:f35567470ee6dbfb946f069ed5f5615b40edcbb5f1e6e1d3d2b114468d505fc6",
+                "sha256:fbc20975eee093efa2071de80df7f972b7b35e560b213aafabcec7c0bd00bd8c",
+                "sha256:ff4a8ad9638b7ca52313d8732f37ecd5fd3c8e3aff10a8ccb93176fd5b3812f6"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2021.8.3"
         },
         "requests": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -416,9 +393,17 @@
                 "sha256:78f9a9bf4e7be0c5ded4583326e7461e3a3c5aae24073648b4bdfa797d78c9d2",
                 "sha256:9d689e6ca1b3038bc82bf8d23e944b6b6037bc02301a574935b2dd946e0353b9"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.5' and python_version < '4'",
             "version": "==4.7.2"
         },
+        "sanitize-filename": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a5be41a4371c84cb4a666a9c3baa70e1b2086a3e50b86c7ba5dd579f5ad2f330",
+                "sha256:e75933e96d426e306eef8c270cc24c3e1971d8715288c9776d801d3d8e7b941a"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==1.2.0"
+        },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:1e61c37477a1626458e36f7b1d82aa5c9b094fa4802892072e49de9c60c4c926",
@@ -429,19 +414,19 @@
         },
         "tomli": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0713b16ff91df8638a6a694e295c8159ab35ba93e3424a626dd5226d386057be",
-                "sha256:be670d0d8d7570fd0ea0113bd7bb1ba3ac6706b4de062cc4c952769355c9c268"
+                "sha256:8dd0e9524d6f386271a36b41dbf6c57d8e32fd96fd22b6584679dc569d20899f",
+                "sha256:a5b75cb6f3968abb47af1b40c1819dc519ea82bcc065776a866e8d74c5ca9442"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==1.0.4"
+            "version": "==1.2.1"
         },
         "tqdm": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:5aa445ea0ad8b16d82b15ab342de6b195a722d75fc1ef9934a46bba6feafbc64",
-                "sha256:8bb94db0d4468fea27d004a0f1d1c02da3cdedc00fe491c0de986b76a04d6b0a"
+                "sha256:3642d483b558eec80d3c831e23953582c34d7e4540db86d9e5ed9dad238dabc6",
+                "sha256:706dea48ee05ba16e936ee91cb3791cd2ea6da348a0e50b46863ff4363ff4340"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==4.61.2"
+            "version": "==4.62.0"
         },
         "uritemplate": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/gparch.py b/gparch.py
index 2360639..62ac9d9 100644
--- a/gparch.py
+++ b/gparch.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import piexif.helper
 import requests
 from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
+from sanitize_filename import sanitize
 from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
 from googleapiclient.discovery import build
 from PIL import Image
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ def process_media_items(self, media_items, save_directory, album_uuid=None):
             # -> if it already exists then just pull the item_path from the existing db entry
             item_db_entry = self.select_media_item(item["id"])
             if not item_db_entry:
+                item["filename"] = sanitize(item["filename"])
                 item_path = auto_filename(f'{save_directory}/{item["filename"]}')
                 self.insert_media_item(
                     item["id"],
@@ -323,6 +325,9 @@ def download_all_shared_albums(self):
             self.download_single_album(album, True)
 
     def download_single_album(self, album, shared=False):
+        # Sanitize album title
+        album["title"] = sanitize(album["title"])
+    
         # Return if the album has no mediaItems to download
         # Unsure of how this occurs, but there are album entries that exist
         #   where there I don't have permission, weird bug...