diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs
index 5aabbd8..a551bd1 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ impl Execute for Archive {
                         }
                         .to_string(),
                         primary,
+                        true,
                     )),
                 );
 
diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs
index 31f8cda..e13d3f0 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ impl Execute for Download {
                         }
                         .to_string(),
                         &format,
+                        true,
                     )),
                 );
 
diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/format.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/format.rs
index 3dd7f74..b111dce 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/format.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/format.rs
@@ -63,15 +63,24 @@ impl Format {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn format_string(s: String, format: &Format) -> String {
-    s.replace("{title}", &format.title)
-        .replace("{series_name}", &format.series_name)
-        .replace("{season_name}", &format.season_title)
-        .replace("{audio}", &format.audio.to_string())
-        .replace("{resolution}", &format.stream.resolution.to_string())
-        .replace("{season_number}", &format.season_number.to_string())
-        .replace("{episode_number}", &format.number.to_string())
-        .replace("{series_id}", &format.series_id)
-        .replace("{season_id}", &format.season_id)
-        .replace("{episode_id}", &format.id)
+/// Formats the given string if it has specific pattern in it. It's possible to sanitize it which
+/// removes characters which can cause failures if the output string is used as a file name.
+pub fn format_string(s: String, format: &Format, sanitize: bool) -> String {
+    let sanitize_func = if sanitize {
+        |s: &str| sanitize_filename::sanitize(s)
+    } else {
+        // converting this to a string is actually unnecessary
+        |s: &str| s.to_string()
+    };
+
+    s.replace("{title}", &sanitize_func(&format.title))
+        .replace("{series_name}", &sanitize_func(&format.series_name))
+        .replace("{season_name}", &sanitize_func(&format.season_title))
+        .replace("{audio}", &sanitize_func(&format.audio.to_string()))
+        .replace("{resolution}", &sanitize_func(&format.stream.resolution.to_string()))
+        .replace("{season_number}", &sanitize_func(&format.season_number.to_string()))
+        .replace("{episode_number}", &sanitize_func(&format.number.to_string()))
+        .replace("{series_id}", &sanitize_func(&format.series_id))
+        .replace("{season_id}", &sanitize_func(&format.season_id))
+        .replace("{episode_id}", &sanitize_func(&format.id))
 }
diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/os.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/os.rs
index abdf151..01d0f89 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/os.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/os.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,5 @@ pub fn free_file(mut path: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
 
         path.set_file_name(format!("{} ({}).{}", filename, i, ext))
     }
-    sanitize_file(path)
-}
-
-/// Sanitizes the given path to not contain any invalid file character.
-pub fn sanitize_file(path: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
-    path.with_file_name(sanitize_filename::sanitize(
-        path.file_name().unwrap().to_string_lossy(),
-    ))
+    path
 }