diff --git a/files.php b/files.php
index afdfdfc..e1ed67d 100644
--- a/files.php
+++ b/files.php
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 <body onLoad="top.ICEcoder.fileManager()" onDblClick="top.ICEcoder.openFile()" onKeyDown="return top.ICEcoder.interceptKeys('files', event);" onKeyUp="top.ICEcoder.resetKeys(event);">
 
 <div title="Refresh" onClick="top.ICEcoder.refreshFileManager()" class="refresh"></div>
- 
+
 <?php
 // Function to sort given values alphabetically
 function alphasort($a, $b) {
-	return strcasecmp($a->getPathname(), $b->getPathname());
+	$specialChars = array("$","-","_",".","+","!","*","'","(",")",",");
+	return strcasecmp(str_replace($specialChars,"\\",$a->getPathname()), str_replace($specialChars,"\\",$b->getPathname()));
 }
 
 // Class to put forward the values for sorting
