diff --git a/src/ExportManager.cpp b/src/ExportManager.cpp
index 93df126..0ba6973 100644
--- a/src/ExportManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ExportManager.cpp
@@ -1,591 +1,592 @@
 /* This file is part of Spectacle, the KDE screenshot utility
  * Copyright 2019 David Redondo <kde@david-redondo.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Boudhayan Gupta <bgupta@kde.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
  */
 
 #include "ExportManager.h"
 
 #include "settings.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QImageWriter>
 #include <QTemporaryDir>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QClipboard>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QRegularExpressionMatch>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QRandomGenerator>
 
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KIO/ListJob>
 #include <KIO/MkpathJob>
 #include <KIO/FileCopyJob>
 #include <KIO/StatJob>
 
 
 
 ExportManager::ExportManager(QObject *parent) :
     QObject(parent),
     mSavePixmap(QPixmap()),
     mTempFile(QUrl()),
     mTempDir(nullptr)
 {
     connect(this, &ExportManager::imageSaved, &Settings::setLastSaveLocation);
 }
 
 ExportManager::~ExportManager()
 {
     delete mTempDir;
 }
 
 ExportManager* ExportManager::instance()
 {
     static ExportManager instance;
     return &instance;
 }
 
 // screenshot pixmap setter and getter
 
 QPixmap ExportManager::pixmap() const
 {
     return mSavePixmap;
 }
 
 void ExportManager::setWindowTitle(const QString &windowTitle)
 {
     mWindowTitle = windowTitle;
 }
 
 QString ExportManager::windowTitle() const
 {
     return mWindowTitle;
 }
 
 Spectacle::CaptureMode ExportManager::captureMode() const
 {
     return mCaptureMode;
 }
 
 void ExportManager::setCaptureMode(const Spectacle::CaptureMode &theCaptureMode)
 {
     mCaptureMode = theCaptureMode;
 }
 
 void ExportManager::setPixmap(const QPixmap &pixmap)
 {
     mSavePixmap = pixmap;
 
     // reset our saved tempfile
     if (mTempFile.isValid()) {
         mUsedTempFileNames.append(mTempFile);
         QFile file(mTempFile.toLocalFile());
         file.remove();
         mTempFile = QUrl();
     }
 }
 
 void ExportManager::updatePixmapTimestamp()
 {
 	mPixmapTimestamp = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 }
 
 void ExportManager::setTimestamp(const QDateTime &timestamp)
 {
     mPixmapTimestamp = timestamp;
 }
 
 // native file save helpers
 
 QString ExportManager::defaultSaveLocation() const
 {
     const QUrl saveUrl = Settings::self()->defaultSaveLocation();
     QString savePath = saveUrl.scheme().isEmpty() ? saveUrl.toString() : saveUrl.toLocalFile();
     savePath = QDir::cleanPath(savePath);
 
     QDir savePathDir(savePath);
     if (!(savePathDir.exists())) {
         savePathDir.mkpath(QStringLiteral("."));
     }
 
     return savePath;
 }
 
 QUrl ExportManager::getAutosaveFilename()
 {
     const QString baseDir = defaultSaveLocation();
     const QDir baseDirPath(baseDir);
     const QString filename = makeAutosaveFilename();
     const QString fullpath = autoIncrementFilename(baseDirPath.filePath(filename),
                                                    Settings::self()->defaultSaveImageFormat(),
                                                    &ExportManager::isFileExists);
 
     const QUrl fileNameUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(fullpath);
     if (fileNameUrl.isValid()) {
         return fileNameUrl;
     } else {
         return QUrl();
     }
 }
 
 QString ExportManager::truncatedFilename(QString const &filename)
 {
     QString result = filename;
     constexpr auto maxFilenameLength = 255;
     constexpr auto maxExtensionLength = 5;  // For example, ".jpeg"
     constexpr auto maxCounterLength = 20;  // std::numeric_limits<quint64>::max() == 18446744073709551615
     constexpr auto maxLength = maxFilenameLength - maxCounterLength - maxExtensionLength;
     result.truncate(maxLength);
     return result;
 }
 
 QString ExportManager::makeAutosaveFilename()
 {
     return formatFilename(Settings::self()->saveFilenameFormat());
 }
 
 QString ExportManager::formatFilename(const QString &nameTemplate)
 {
     const QDateTime timestamp = mPixmapTimestamp;
     QString baseName = nameTemplate;
     const QString baseDir = defaultSaveLocation();
     QString title;
 
     if (mCaptureMode == Spectacle::CaptureMode::ActiveWindow ||
         mCaptureMode == Spectacle::CaptureMode::TransientWithParent ||
         mCaptureMode == Spectacle::CaptureMode::WindowUnderCursor) {
         title = mWindowTitle.replace(QLatin1Char('/'), QLatin1String("_"));  // POSIX doesn't allow "/" in filenames
     } else {
         // Remove '%T' with separators around it
         const auto wordSymbol = QStringLiteral(R"(\p{L}\p{M}\p{N})");
         const auto separator = QStringLiteral("([^%1]+)").arg(wordSymbol);
         const auto re = QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("(.*?)(%1%T|%T%1)(.*?)").arg(separator));
         baseName.replace(re, QStringLiteral(R"(\1\5)"));
     }
 
     QString result = baseName.replace(QLatin1String("%Y"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("yyyy")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%y"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("yy")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%M"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("MM")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%D"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("dd")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%H"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("hh")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%m"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("mm")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%S"), timestamp.toString(QStringLiteral("ss")))
                              .replace(QLatin1String("%T"), title);
 
     // check if basename includes %[N]d token for sequential file numbering
     QRegularExpression paddingRE;
     paddingRE.setPattern(QStringLiteral("%(\\d*)d"));
     QRegularExpressionMatch paddingMatch;
 
     while (result.indexOf(paddingRE, 0, &paddingMatch) > -1) {
         int highestFileNumber = 0;
 
         // determine padding value
         int paddedLength = 1;
         if (!paddingMatch.captured(1).isEmpty()) {
             paddedLength = paddingMatch.captured(1).toInt();
         }
 
         // search save directory for files
         QDir dir(baseDir);
         const QStringList fileNames = dir.entryList(QDir::Files, QDir::Name);
 
         // if there are files in the directory...
         if (fileNames.length() > 0) { 
-            QString resultCopy = result;
+            QString resultCopy = QRegularExpression::escape(result);
             QRegularExpression fileNumberRE;
             const QString replacement = QStringLiteral("(\\d{").append(QString::number(paddedLength)).append(QLatin1String(",})"));
-            const QString fullNameMatch = QStringLiteral("^").append(resultCopy.replace(paddingMatch.captured(),replacement)).append(QStringLiteral("\\..*$"));
+            QString escapedMatch = QRegularExpression::escape(paddingMatch.captured());
+            const QString fullNameMatch = QStringLiteral("^").append(resultCopy.replace(escapedMatch,replacement)).append(QStringLiteral("\\..*$"));
             fileNumberRE.setPattern(fullNameMatch);
 
             // ... check the file names for string matching token with padding specified in result
             const QStringList filteredFiles = fileNames.filter(fileNumberRE);
 
             // if there are files in the directory that look like the file name with sequential numbering
             if (filteredFiles.length() > 0) {
                 // loop through filtered file names looking for highest number
                 for (const QString &filteredFile: filteredFiles) {
                     int currentFileNumber = fileNumberRE.match(filteredFile).captured(1).toInt();
                     if (currentFileNumber > highestFileNumber) {
                         highestFileNumber = currentFileNumber;
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
         // replace placeholder with next number padded
         const QString nextFileNumberPadded = QString::number(highestFileNumber + 1).rightJustified(paddedLength, QLatin1Char('0'));
         result.replace(paddingMatch.captured(), nextFileNumberPadded);
     }
 
     // Remove leading and trailing '/'
     while (result.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
         result.remove(0, 1);
     }
     while (result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
         result.chop(1);
     }
 
     if (result.isEmpty()) {
         result = QStringLiteral("Screenshot");
     }
     return truncatedFilename(result);
 }
 
 QString ExportManager::autoIncrementFilename(const QString &baseName, const QString &extension,
                                              FileNameAlreadyUsedCheck isFileNameUsed)
 {
     QString result = truncatedFilename(baseName) + QLatin1String(".") + extension;
     if (!((this->*isFileNameUsed)(QUrl::fromUserInput(result)))) {
         return result;
     }
 
     QString fileNameFmt = truncatedFilename(baseName) + QStringLiteral("-%1.");
     for (quint64 i = 1; i < std::numeric_limits<quint64>::max(); i++) {
         result = fileNameFmt.arg(i) + extension;
         if (!((this->*isFileNameUsed)(QUrl::fromUserInput(result)))) {
             return result;
         }
     }
 
     // unlikely this will ever happen, but just in case we've run
     // out of numbers
 
     result = fileNameFmt.arg(QLatin1String("OVERFLOW-") + QString::number(QRandomGenerator::global()->bounded(10000)));
     return truncatedFilename(result) + extension;
 }
 
 QString ExportManager::makeSaveMimetype(const QUrl &url)
 {
     QMimeDatabase mimedb;
     QString type = mimedb.mimeTypeForUrl(url).preferredSuffix();
 
     if (type.isEmpty()) {
         return Settings::self()->defaultSaveImageFormat();
     }
     return type;
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::writeImage(QIODevice *device, const QByteArray &format)
 {
     QImageWriter imageWriter(device, format);
     imageWriter.setQuality(Settings::self()->compressionQuality());
     /** Set compression 50 if the format is png. Otherwise if no compression value is specified
      *  it will fallback to using quality (QTBUG-43618) and produce huge files.
      *  See also qpnghandler.cpp#n1075. The other formats that do compression seem to have it
      *  enabled by default and only disabled if compression is set to 0, also any value except 0
      *  has the same effect for them.
      */
     if (format == "png") {
         imageWriter.setCompression(50);
     }
     if (!(imageWriter.canWrite())) {
         emit errorMessage(i18n("QImageWriter cannot write image: %1", imageWriter.errorString()));
         return false;
     }
 
     return imageWriter.write(mSavePixmap.toImage());
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::localSave(const QUrl &url, const QString &mimetype)
 {
     // Create save directory if it doesn't exist
     const QUrl dirPath(url.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename));
     const QDir dir(dirPath.path());
 
     if (!dir.mkpath(QStringLiteral("."))) {
         emit errorMessage(xi18nc("@info",
                                  "Cannot save screenshot because creating "
                                  "the directory failed:<nl/><filename>%1</filename>",
                                  dirPath.path()));
         return false;
     }
 
     QFile outputFile(url.toLocalFile());
 
     outputFile.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
     if(!writeImage(&outputFile, mimetype.toLatin1())) {
         emit errorMessage(i18n("Cannot save screenshot. Error while writing file."));
         return false;
     }
     return true;
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::remoteSave(const QUrl &url, const QString &mimetype)
 {
 
     // Check if remote save directory exists
     const QUrl dirPath(url.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename));
     KIO::ListJob *listJob = KIO::listDir(dirPath);
     listJob->exec();
 
     if (listJob->error() != KJob::NoError) {
         // Create remote save directory
         KIO::MkpathJob *mkpathJob = KIO::mkpath(dirPath, QUrl(defaultSaveLocation()));
         mkpathJob->exec();
 
         if (mkpathJob->error() != KJob::NoError) {
             emit errorMessage(xi18nc("@info",
                                      "Cannot save screenshot because creating the "
                                      "remote directory failed:<nl/><filename>%1</filename>",
                                      dirPath.path()));
             return false;
         }
     }
 
     QTemporaryFile tmpFile;
 
     if (tmpFile.open()) {
         if(!writeImage(&tmpFile, mimetype.toLatin1())) {
             emit errorMessage(i18n("Cannot save screenshot. Error while writing temporary local file."));
             return false;
         }
 
         KIO::FileCopyJob *uploadJob = KIO::file_copy(QUrl::fromLocalFile(tmpFile.fileName()), url);
         uploadJob->exec();
 
         if (uploadJob->error() != KJob::NoError) {
             emit errorMessage(i18n("Unable to save image. Could not upload file to remote location."));
             return false;
         }
         return true;
     }
 
     return false;
 }
 
 QUrl ExportManager::tempSave()
 {
     // if we already have a temp file saved, use that
     if (mTempFile.isValid()) {
         if (QFile(mTempFile.toLocalFile()).exists()) {
             return mTempFile;
         }
     }
 
     if (!mTempDir) {
         mTempDir = new QTemporaryDir(QDir::tempPath() + QDir::separator() + QStringLiteral("Spectacle.XXXXXX"));
     }
     if (mTempDir && mTempDir->isValid()) {
         // create the temporary file itself with normal file name and also unique one for this session
         // supports the use-case of creating multiple screenshots in a row
         // and exporting them to the same destination e.g. via clipboard,
         // where the temp file name is used as filename suggestion
         const QString baseFileName = mTempDir->path() + QDir::separator() + makeAutosaveFilename();
 
         QString mimetype = makeSaveMimetype(QUrl(baseFileName));
         const QString fileName = autoIncrementFilename(baseFileName, mimetype,
                                                        &ExportManager::isTempFileAlreadyUsed);
         QFile tmpFile(fileName);
         if (tmpFile.open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
             if(writeImage(&tmpFile, mimetype.toLatin1())) {
                 mTempFile = QUrl::fromLocalFile(tmpFile.fileName());
                 // try to make sure 3rd-party which gets the url of the temporary file e.g. on export
                 // properly treats this as readonly, also hide from other users
                 tmpFile.setPermissions(QFile::ReadUser);
                 return mTempFile;
             }
         }
     }
 
     emit errorMessage(i18n("Cannot save screenshot. Error while writing temporary local file."));
     return QUrl();
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::save(const QUrl &url)
 {
     if (!(url.isValid())) {
         emit errorMessage(i18n("Cannot save screenshot. The save filename is invalid."));
         return false;
     }
 
     QString mimetype = makeSaveMimetype(url);
     if (url.isLocalFile()) {
         return localSave(url, mimetype);
     }
     return remoteSave(url, mimetype);
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::isFileExists(const QUrl &url) const
 {
     if (!(url.isValid())) {
         return false;
     }
 
     KIO::StatJob * existsJob = KIO::stat(url, KIO::StatJob::DestinationSide, 0);
     existsJob->exec();
 
     return (existsJob->error() == KJob::NoError);
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::isTempFileAlreadyUsed(const QUrl &url) const
 {
     return mUsedTempFileNames.contains(url);
 }
 
 // save slots
 
 void ExportManager::doSave(const QUrl &url, bool notify)
 {
     if (mSavePixmap.isNull()) {
         emit errorMessage(i18n("Cannot save an empty screenshot image."));
         return;
     }
 
     QUrl savePath = url.isValid() ? url : getAutosaveFilename();
     if (save(savePath)) {
         QDir dir(savePath.path());
         dir.cdUp();
 
         emit imageSaved(savePath);
         if (notify) {
             emit forceNotify(savePath);
         }
     }
 }
 
 bool ExportManager::doSaveAs(QWidget *parentWindow, bool notify)
 {
     QStringList supportedFilters;
 
     // construct the supported mimetype list
     const auto mimeTypes = QImageWriter::supportedMimeTypes();
     for (const auto &mimeType : mimeTypes) {
         supportedFilters.append(QString::fromUtf8(mimeType).trimmed());
     }
 
     // construct the file name
     const QString filenameExtension = Settings::self()->defaultSaveImageFormat();
     const QString mimetype = QMimeDatabase().mimeTypeForFile(QStringLiteral("~/fakefile.") + filenameExtension, QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension).name();
     QFileDialog dialog(parentWindow);
     dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);
     dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::AnyFile);
     dialog.setDirectoryUrl(Settings::self()->lastSaveAsLocation().adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename));
     dialog.selectFile(makeAutosaveFilename() + QStringLiteral(".") + filenameExtension);
     dialog.setDefaultSuffix(QStringLiteral(".") + filenameExtension);
     dialog.setMimeTypeFilters(supportedFilters);
     dialog.selectMimeTypeFilter(mimetype);
 
     // launch the dialog
     if (dialog.exec() == QFileDialog::Accepted) {
         const QUrl saveUrl = dialog.selectedUrls().constFirst();
         if (saveUrl.isValid()) {
             if (save(saveUrl)) {
                 emit imageSaved(saveUrl);
                 Settings::setLastSaveAsLocation(saveUrl);
                 if (notify) {
                     emit forceNotify(saveUrl);
                 }
                 return true;
             }
         }
     }
     return false;
 }
 
 void ExportManager::doSaveAndCopy(const QUrl &url)
 {
     if (mSavePixmap.isNull()) {
         emit errorMessage(i18n("Cannot save an empty screenshot image."));
         return;
     }
 
     QUrl savePath = url.isValid() ? url : getAutosaveFilename();
     if (save(savePath)) {
         QDir dir(savePath.path());
         dir.cdUp();
         Settings::setLastSaveLocation(savePath);
 
         doCopyToClipboard(false);
         emit imageSavedAndCopied(savePath);
     }
 }
 
 // misc helpers
 void ExportManager::doCopyToClipboard(bool notify)
 {
     auto data = new QMimeData();
     data->setImageData(mSavePixmap.toImage());
     data->setData(QStringLiteral("x-kde-force-image-copy"), QByteArray());
     QApplication::clipboard()->setMimeData(data, QClipboard::Clipboard);
     emit imageCopied();
     if (notify) {
         emit forceNotify(QUrl());
     }
 }
 
 void ExportManager::doPrint(QPrinter *printer)
 {
     QPainter painter;
 
     if (!(painter.begin(printer))) {
         emit errorMessage(i18n("Printing failed. The printer failed to initialize."));
         delete printer;
         return;
     }
 
     QRect devRect(0, 0, printer->width(), printer->height());
     QPixmap pixmap = mSavePixmap.scaled(devRect.size(), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
     QRect srcRect = pixmap.rect();
     srcRect.moveCenter(devRect.center());
 
     painter.drawPixmap(srcRect.topLeft(), pixmap);
     painter.end();
 
     delete printer;
     return;
 }
 
 const QMap<QString, KLocalizedString> ExportManager::filenamePlaceholders {
     {QStringLiteral("%Y"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Year (4 digit)")},
     {QStringLiteral("%y"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Year (2 digit)")},
     {QStringLiteral("%M"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Month")},
     {QStringLiteral("%D"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Day")},
     {QStringLiteral("%H"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Hour")},
     {QStringLiteral("%m"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Minute")},
     {QStringLiteral("%S"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Second")},
     {QStringLiteral("%T"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Window Title")},
     {QStringLiteral("%d"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Sequential numbering")},
     {QStringLiteral("%Nd"), ki18nc(
             "A placeholder in the user configurable filename will replaced by the specified value",
             "Sequential numbering, padded out to N digits")},
 };