diff --git a/oml/item/models.py b/oml/item/models.py
index c0c373f..7e12e83 100644
--- a/oml/item/models.py
+++ b/oml/item/models.py
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ class File(db.Model):
         first = unicodedata.normalize('NFD', author[0].upper())[0].upper()
         new_path = os.path.join(first, author, filename)
         new_path = new_path.replace('\x00', '')
+        new_path = new_path.replace('\n', ' ').replace('  ', ' ')
         new_path = ox.decode_html(new_path)
         if self.path == new_path:
             return