diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/EpisodeBindingBean.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/EpisodeBindingBean.java
index 9d521d03..4efaa7f8 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/EpisodeBindingBean.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/format/EpisodeBindingBean.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package net.sourceforge.filebot.format;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.MediaTypes.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.format.Define.*;
 import static net.sourceforge.filebot.hash.VerificationUtilities.*;
+import static net.sourceforge.tuned.FileUtilities.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ public class EpisodeBindingBean {
 
 	@Define("n")
 	public String getSeriesName() {
-		return episode.getSeriesName();
+		// clean up series name just in case there are any path separators like / or \
+		return removePathSeparators(episode.getSeriesName());
 	}
 	
 
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ public class EpisodeBindingBean {
 
 	@Define("t")
 	public String getTitle() {
-		return episode.getTitle();
+		// clean up episode title just in case there are any path separators like / or \
+		return removePathSeparators(episode.getTitle());
 	}
 	
 
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/rename/RenameModel.java b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/rename/RenameModel.java
index dfb568cc..b7aa5f33 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/rename/RenameModel.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/ui/panel/rename/RenameModel.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 package net.sourceforge.filebot.ui.panel.rename;
 
 
+import static net.sourceforge.tuned.FileUtilities.*;
+
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ public class RenameModel extends MatchModel<Object, File> {
 
 		@Override
 		public String format(Match<?, ?> match) {
-			return String.valueOf(match.getValue()).trim();
+			// clean up path separators like / or \
+			return removePathSeparators(String.valueOf(match.getValue()).trim());
 		}
 	};
 	
diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/tuned/FileUtilities.java b/source/net/sourceforge/tuned/FileUtilities.java
index ada7d7bb..02291604 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/tuned/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/tuned/FileUtilities.java
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 	 * Invalid file name characters: \, /, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |, \r and \n
 	 */
 	public static final Pattern ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS = Pattern.compile("[\\\\/:*?\"<>|\\r\\n]");
+	public static final Pattern PATH_SEPARATORS = Pattern.compile("[\\\\/]");
 	
 
 	/**
@@ -239,6 +240,11 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 	}
 	
 
+	public static String removePathSeparators(CharSequence path) {
+		return PATH_SEPARATORS.matcher(path).replaceAll("");
+	}
+	
+
 	public static final long KILO = 1024;
 	public static final long MEGA = KILO * 1024;
 	public static final long GIGA = MEGA * 1024;