diff --git a/downloader/download_downloadr.go b/downloader/download_downloadr.go
index 29e2bcf..c44f796 100644
--- a/downloader/download_downloadr.go
+++ b/downloader/download_downloadr.go
@@ -51,15 +51,9 @@ func DownloadR(url string) error {
 		OutputDir: OUTPUT_DIR,
 		Client:    client,
 	}
-	videoTitle := video.Title
-	videoAuthor := video.Author
-	videoTitle = strings.ReplaceAll(videoTitle, " ", "-")
-	videoTitle = strings.ReplaceAll(videoTitle, "&", "and")
-	videoTitle = strings.ReplaceAll(videoTitle, "?", "")
-	videoAuthor = strings.ReplaceAll(videoAuthor, " ", "-")
-	videoAuthor = strings.ReplaceAll(videoAuthor, "&", "and")
-	videoAuthor = strings.ReplaceAll(videoAuthor, "?", "")
-	
+
+	videoTitle := Sanitize(video.Title)
+	videoAuthor := Sanitize(video.Author)
 
 	videoFileRoot := filepath.Join(OUTPUT_DIR, videoAuthor)
 	err = os.MkdirAll(videoFileRoot, 0755)
@@ -84,3 +78,11 @@ func DownloadR(url string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func Sanitize(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "&", "and")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "?", "")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ":", "")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ";", "")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ",", "")
+	return s
+}