diff --git a/transfersh-web/index.html b/transfersh-web/index.html
index 5939a92..6c51eca 100644
--- a/transfersh-web/index.html
+++ b/transfersh-web/index.html
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ include "includes/head.html"
# Add this to .bashrc or its equivalent
transfer() {
# write to output to tmpfile because of progress bar
-
tmpfile=$( mktemp -t transferXXX ); curl --progress-bar --upload-file $1 https://transfer.sh/$(basename $1) >> $tmpfile; cat $tmpfile; rm -f $tmpfile; }
+
tmpfile=$( mktemp -t transferXXX ); basefile=$(basename "$1" | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/-/g'); curl --progress-bar --upload-file "$1" "https://transfer.sh/$basefile" >> $tmpfile; cat $tmpfile; rm -f $tmpfile;
+
}
alias transfer=transfer