diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 7c9aeb6e..c2153b58 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <addon  id="plugin.video.emby" 
         name="Emby" 
-        version="1.0.12"
+        version="1.0.13"
         provider-name="Emby.media">
   <requires>
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.1.0"/>
diff --git a/resources/lib/Utils.py b/resources/lib/Utils.py
index 404109e7..5ea5bcfa 100644
--- a/resources/lib/Utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/Utils.py
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ def normalize_string(text):
         text = text.replace(":", "")
         text = text.replace("/", "-")
         text = text.replace("\\", "-")
+        text = text.replace("<", "")
+        text = text.replace(">", "")
+        text = text.replace("*", "")
+        text = text.replace("?", "")
+        text = text.replace('|', "")
         text = text.strip()
         # Remove dots from the last character as windows can not have directories
         # with dots at the end