diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
index 191fefc2..f5b3b2df 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
@@ -49,3 +49,15 @@ export const safeStringifyJSON = (obj, indent=false) => {
     return obj;
   }
 }
+
+// Remove any characters that are not alphanumeric, spaces, hyphens, or underscores
+export const normalizeFileName = (name) => {
+  if (!name) {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  const validChars = /[^\w\s-]/g;
+  const formattedName = name.replace(validChars, '-');
+
+  return formattedName;
+}
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30dd185e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const { describe, it, expect } = require("@jest/globals");
+
+import { normalizeFileName } from './index';
+
+describe("common utils", () => {
+  describe("normalizeFileName", () => {
+    it("should remove special characters", () => {
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello world")).toBe("hello world");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello-world")).toBe("hello-world");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello_world")).toBe("hello_world");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello_world-")).toBe("hello_world-");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello_world-123")).toBe("hello_world-123");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello_world-123!@#$%^&*()")).toBe("hello_world-123----------");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("hello_world?")).toBe("hello_world-");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("foo/bar/")).toBe("foo-bar-");
+      expect(normalizeFileName("foo\\bar\\")).toBe("foo-bar-");
+    });
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
index 558d450a..47a20a00 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import each from 'lodash/each';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash/cloneDeep';
-import { uuid } from 'utils/common';
+import { uuid, normalizeFileName } from 'utils/common';
 import { isItemARequest } from 'utils/collections';
 import { collectionSchema } from '@usebruno/schema';
 import { BrunoError } from 'utils/common/error';
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export const updateUidsInCollection = (_collection) => {
 export const transformItemsInCollection = (collection) => {
   const transformItems = (items = []) => {
     each(items, (item) => {
+      item.name = normalizeFileName(item.name);
+
       if (['http', 'graphql'].includes(item.type)) {
         item.type = `${item.type}-request`;
         if(item.request.query) {