diff --git a/libs/ui/source/file_dialog.cpp b/libs/ui/source/file_dialog.cpp
index c4b24b1c..b3183e49 100644
--- a/libs/ui/source/file_dialog.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/source/file_dialog.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,23 @@ namespace psemek::ui
 			gfx::texture_2d file_;
 		};
 
+		std::string replace(std::string str, std::string const & match, std::string const & replacement)
+		{
+			for (std::size_t i = 0; (i = str.find(match, i)) != std::string::npos;)
+			{
+				str.replace(i, match.size(), replacement);
+				i += replacement.size();
+			}
+			return str;
+		}
+
+		std::string escape(std::string str)
+		{
+			str = replace(std::move(str), "[", "\\[");
+			str = replace(std::move(str), "]", "\\]");
+			return str;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	std::shared_ptr<window> make_file_dialog(file_dialog_options const & options)
@@ -217,9 +234,9 @@ namespace psemek::ui
 				for (auto const & component : new_path)
 				{
 					if (component.string() != "/")
-						path_str += "[link:" + util::to_string(++index) + "]" + component.string() + "[/link]/";
+						path_str += "[link:" + util::to_string(++index) + "]" + escape(component.string()) + "[/link]/";
 					else
-						path_str += "[link:" + util::to_string(++index) + "]" + component.string() + "[/link]";
+						path_str += "[link:" + util::to_string(++index) + "]" + escape(component.string()) + "[/link]";
 				}
 				current_path_label->set_tagged_text(std::move(path_str));
 
@@ -265,7 +282,7 @@ namespace psemek::ui
 						contents_str += "[image:file]";
 
 					contents_str += "[link:" + util::to_string(index++) + "]";
-					contents_str += entry.path.filename().string() + "[/link]\n";
+					contents_str += escape(entry.path.filename().string()) + "[/link]\n";
 				}
 				directory_view->set_tagged_text(std::move(contents_str));
 				directory_view_scroller->set_position(scroller::direction::vertical, 0.f, false);