diff --git a/devine/core/utilities.py b/devine/core/utilities.py
index 0706203..174368d 100644
--- a/devine/core/utilities.py
+++ b/devine/core/utilities.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def sanitize_filename(filename: str, spacer: str = ".") -> str:
         replace("/", " & ").\
         replace(";", " & ")  # e.g. multi-episode filenames
     filename = re.sub(r"[:; ]", spacer, filename)  # structural chars to (spacer)
-    filename = re.sub(r"[\\*!?¿,'\"()<>|$#]", "", filename)  # not filename safe chars
+    filename = re.sub(r"[\\*!?¿,'\"“”()<>|$#]", "", filename)  # not filename safe chars
     filename = re.sub(rf"[{spacer}]{{2,}}", spacer, filename)  # remove extra neighbouring (spacer)s
 
     return filename