diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/domain/builders/ZeroCodeIoWriteBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/domain/builders/ZeroCodeIoWriteBuilder.java
index 7d4c5e26..92fd0fdb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/domain/builders/ZeroCodeIoWriteBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/domain/builders/ZeroCodeIoWriteBuilder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 import static org.jsmart.zerocode.core.constants.ZeroCodeReportConstants.TARGET_REPORT_DIR;
+import static org.jsmart.zerocode.core.utils.SmartUtils.sanitizeReportFileName;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
 public class ZeroCodeIoWriteBuilder {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public synchronized void printToFile(String fileName) {
 
             final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapperProvider().get();
 
+            fileName = sanitizeReportFileName(fileName);
             File file = new File(TARGET_REPORT_DIR + fileName);
             file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
             mapper.writeValue(file, this.built);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtils.java
index 8e8a8e2b..966f1476 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtils.java
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ public Map<String, Object> readJsonStringAsMap(String json) throws IOException {
         return map;
     }
 
+    public static String sanitizeReportFileName(String fileName) {
+    	return fileName.replaceAll("[^A-Za-z0-9 \\-_.]", "_");
+    }
+
     public static List<String> getAllEndPointFiles(String packageName) {
         if(isValidAbsolutePath(packageName)){
             return retrieveScenariosByAbsPath(packageName);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtilsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtilsTest.java
index 247d04ef..a2b7421b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtilsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jsmart/zerocode/core/utils/SmartUtilsTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
@@ -236,6 +237,13 @@ public void testSuiteFolder_symAbsolutePath() {
         assertThat(allScenarios.get(0), containsString("cherry_pick_tests/folder_b/test_case_2.json"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSanitizeReportFile() {
+    	String orig = "file !#$%&'()*+,-./09:;<=>?@AZ[]^_`az{|}~\"\\";
+    	String dest = "file ___________-._09_______AZ_____az______";
+    	assertThat(SmartUtils.sanitizeReportFileName(orig), equalTo(dest));
+    }
+
     // Move this to File Util class
     private static File createCascadeIfNotExisting(String fileName) {
         try {