diff --git a/blinkpy/blinkpy.py b/blinkpy/blinkpy.py
index 0e4569f0..279c513c 100644
--- a/blinkpy/blinkpy.py
+++ b/blinkpy/blinkpy.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 from dateutil.parser import parse
+from slugify import slugify
 
 from blinkpy import api
 from blinkpy.sync_module import BlinkSyncModule
@@ -310,7 +311,8 @@ def _parse_downloaded_items(self, result, camera, path, debug):
                 continue
 
             clip_address = "{}{}".format(self.urls.base_url, address)
-            filename = "{}_{}.mp4".format(camera_name, created_at)
+            filename = "{}-{}".format(camera_name, created_at)
+            filename = "{}.mp4".format(slugify(filename))
             filename = os.path.join(path, filename)
 
             if not debug:
@@ -325,5 +327,6 @@ def _parse_downloaded_items(self, result, camera, path, debug):
 
                 _LOGGER.info("Downloaded video to %s", filename)
             else:
-                print("Camera: {}, Timestamp: {}, Address: {}".format(
-                    camera_name, created_at, address))
+                print(("Camera: {}, Timestamp: {}, "
+                       "Address: {}, Filename: {}").format(
+                           camera_name, created_at, address, filename))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2b7eda54..6d7405d8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 python-dateutil==2.7.5
 requests>=2.20.0
+python-slugify==3.0.2
 testtools==2.3.0