diff --git a/include/file.functions.php b/include/file.functions.php
index d363dab..ef00b86 100644
--- a/include/file.functions.php
+++ b/include/file.functions.php
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 // Below some functions are sourced from stackoverflow and github :)
 
 function filter_filename($filename, $beautify=false) {
-    // sanitize filename
-    $filename = preg_replace(
-        '~
-        [<>:"/\\|?*]|            # file system reserved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words
-        [\x00-\x1F]|             # control characters http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
-        [\x7F\xA0\xAD]|          # non-printing characters DEL, NO-BREAK SPACE, SOFT HYPHEN
-        [#\[\]@!$&\'()+,;=]|     # URI reserved https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.2
-        [{}^\~`]                 # URL unsafe characters https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
-        ~x',
-        '-', $filename);
+    // sanitize filename // Issue #29
+//     $filename = preg_replace(
+//         '~
+//         [<>:"/\\|?*]|            # file system reserved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words
+//         [\x00-\x1F]|             # control characters http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
+//         [\x7F\xA0\xAD]|          # non-printing characters DEL, NO-BREAK SPACE, SOFT HYPHEN
+//         [#\[\]@!$&\'()+,;=]|     # URI reserved https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.2
+//         [{}^\~`]                 # URL unsafe characters https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt
+//         ~x',
+//         '-', $filename);
     // avoids ".", ".." or ".hiddenFiles"
     $filename = ltrim($filename, '.-');
     // optional beautification