diff --git a/gallery-dl/Rule34.links b/gallery-dl/Rule34.links
index 583aa6a..013e75e 100644
--- a/gallery-dl/Rule34.links
+++ b/gallery-dl/Rule34.links
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fridge_%28artist%29
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=frikulu
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=frolich
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fu_tea
-https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fuji_(rua-258)
+https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fuji_%28rua-258%29
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fuji_yoshida
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fullkura
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=fullmetaldude
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kukumomo
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kumasan_%28kumazonjp%29
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kumo_no_mae
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kuon_bb
-https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kuon_bb_%28kuonr18%2fepijbp%29
+https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kuon_bb_%28kuonr18%2Fepijbp%29
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kuragari
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kurenai_yuuji
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=kurodahlia18
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=mi_nomi_ni
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=miandodi
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=miaoshaquan
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=micchan_%28ohisashiburi%29
-https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=midnight_(midnightstream3)
+https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=midnight_%28midnightstream3%29
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=mightyniku
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=miginohito_mitsuru
 https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=mihua_mh
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1c060a1..3a3dfb4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -98,20 +98,46 @@ func getArtistFromUrl(Url string) string {
 }
 
 func convert(fileLine string) error {
-	log.Println(fileLine)
+	//log.Println(fileLine)
+
+	artist := getArtistFromUrl(fileLine)
+	oldPath := fmt.Sprintf("Artists/%s", artist)
+
+	// we can look for specific strings like encoded chars and then remove them
+	disallowedStrings := []string{
+		"%20", "%21", "%22", "%23", "%24",
+		"%26","%27", "%28", "%29", "%2A",
+		"%2C", "%2E", "%2F", "%3B", "%3C",
+		"%3E", "%3F", "%5B", "%5C", "%5D",
+		"%5E", "%60", "%7B", "%7C", "%7D",
+		"%7E", "artist",
+	}
+
+	for _, disallowedString := range disallowedStrings {
+		fileLine = strings.ReplaceAll(fileLine, disallowedString, "")
+	}
+	fileLine = strings.TrimRight(fileLine, "-_")
+
+	//log.Println(fileLine)
+
 	if strings.Contains(fileLine, "%") {
-		// we can look for specific encoded chars and the remove them and continue instead of returning an error
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s", "URL contains Encoded Unicode and a direct conversion cannot be reasonably made")
 	}
-	artist := getArtistFromUrl(fileLine)
-	log.Println("artist:", artist)
-	//path := fmt.Sprintf("Artists/%s", artist)
-	//log.Println("path:", path)
 
-	if strings.ContainsAny(artist, "!\"#$&'()*,;<>?[\\]^`{|}~") {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s", "artistName contains disallowed characters and a direct conversion cannot be reasonably made")
+	artist = getArtistFromUrl(fileLine)
+	//log.Println("artist:", artist)
+	newPath := fmt.Sprintf("Artists/%s", artist)
+
+	if len(artist) <= 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", "Trying to remove unwanted stuff from artistName has caused it to become too small")
 	}
 
+	if strings.Compare(oldPath, newPath) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	//log.Printf("oldPath: %s\tnewPath: %s\n", oldPath, newPath)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +158,7 @@ func parseLinks(filename string) error {
 		if !strings.Contains(line, "#") {
 			err = convert(line)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("error: %s\n", err)
+				log.Printf("convert: %s\n", err)
 				continue
 			}
 			continue