diff --git a/pkg/fsutil/file.go b/pkg/fsutil/file.go
index e958397f6..a3ccfc2e6 100644
--- a/pkg/fsutil/file.go
+++ b/pkg/fsutil/file.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -116,3 +117,25 @@ func Touch(path string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+var (
+	replaceCharsRE = regexp.MustCompile(`[&=\\/:*"?_ ]`)
+	removeCharsRE  = regexp.MustCompile(`[^[:alnum:]-.]`)
+	multiHyphenRE  = regexp.MustCompile(`\-+`)
+)
+
+// SanitiseBasename returns a file basename removing any characters that are illegal or problematic to use in the filesystem.
+func SanitiseBasename(v string) string {
+	v = strings.TrimSpace(v)
+
+	// replace illegal filename characters with -
+	v = replaceCharsRE.ReplaceAllString(v, "-")
+
+	// remove other characters
+	v = removeCharsRE.ReplaceAllString(v, "")
+
+	// remove multiple hyphens
+	v = multiHyphenRE.ReplaceAllString(v, "-")
+
+	return strings.TrimSpace(v)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/fsutil/file_test.go b/pkg/fsutil/file_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..393d3b420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/fsutil/file_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package fsutil
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSanitiseBasename(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		v    string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"basic", "basic", "basic"},
+		{"spaces", `spaced name`, "spaced-name"},
+		{"leading/trailing spaces", `  spaced name  `, "spaced-name"},
+		{"hyphen name", `hyphened-name`, "hyphened-name"},
+		{"multi-hyphen", `hyphened--name`, "hyphened-name"},
+		{"replaced characters", `a&b=c\d/:e*"f?_ g`, "a-b-c-d-e-f-g"},
+		{"removed characters", `foo!!bar@@and, more`, "foobarand-more"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := SanitiseBasename(tt.v); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("SanitiseBasename() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/gallery.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/gallery.go
index 92480c7ff..596e7c610 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/gallery.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/gallery.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ type Gallery struct {
 }
 
 func (s Gallery) Filename(basename string, hash string) string {
-	ret := basename
+	ret := fsutil.SanitiseBasename(basename)
 
 	if ret != "" {
 		ret += "."
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/image.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/image.go
index 1b60d2061..364daa0cf 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/image.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/image.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ type Image struct {
 }
 
 func (s Image) Filename(basename string, hash string) string {
-	ret := s.Title
+	ret := fsutil.SanitiseBasename(s.Title)
 	if ret == "" {
 		ret = basename
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/movie.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/movie.go
index d9cab5d46..d787f8288 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/movie.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/movie.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type Movie struct {
 }
 
 func (s Movie) Filename() string {
-	return s.Name + ".json"
+	return fsutil.SanitiseBasename(s.Name) + ".json"
 }
 
 // Backwards Compatible synopsis for the movie
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/performer.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/performer.go
index fdca28974..ad33452f3 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/performer.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/performer.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ type Performer struct {
 }
 
 func (s Performer) Filename() string {
-	return s.Name + ".json"
+	return fsutil.SanitiseBasename(s.Name) + ".json"
 }
 
 func LoadPerformerFile(filePath string) (*Performer, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/scene.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/scene.go
index 94fea7d9e..425ca10e8 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/scene.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/scene.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ type Scene struct {
 }
 
 func (s Scene) Filename(basename string, hash string) string {
-	ret := s.Title
+	ret := fsutil.SanitiseBasename(s.Title)
 	if ret == "" {
 		ret = basename
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/studio.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/studio.go
index e795e1e30..d6932a28c 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/studio.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/studio.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ type Studio struct {
 }
 
 func (s Studio) Filename() string {
-	return s.Name + ".json"
+	return fsutil.SanitiseBasename(s.Name) + ".json"
 }
 
 func LoadStudioFile(filePath string) (*Studio, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/models/jsonschema/tag.go b/pkg/models/jsonschema/tag.go
index 53a3e49ba..5f7e0bfa7 100644
--- a/pkg/models/jsonschema/tag.go
+++ b/pkg/models/jsonschema/tag.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/fsutil"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models/json"
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ type Tag struct {
 }
 
 func (s Tag) Filename() string {
-	return s.Name + ".json"
+	return fsutil.SanitiseBasename(s.Name) + ".json"
 }
 
 func LoadTagFile(filePath string) (*Tag, error) {