diff --git a/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs b/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs
index c3f878b..60c6308 100644
--- a/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs
+++ b/src/StreamShorts.Console/Commands/DefaultCommand.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
 
   public override async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(CommandContext context, Settings settings)
   {
-    _console.MarkupLine($"[blue]Processing stream:[/] {settings.Stream}");
+    _console.MarkupLine($"[blue]Processing stream:[/] {settings.Stream.EscapeMarkup()}");
     var videoStream = _fileSystem.File.OpenRead(settings.Stream);
 
     Stream? audioStream = null;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ internal sealed class DefaultCommand(
       });
 
     var directoryUri = new Uri(outputDirectoryPath).AbsoluteUri;
-    var panel = new Panel($"[blue link={directoryUri}]{artifactsOutputDirectory}[/]")
+    var panel = new Panel($"[blue link={directoryUri}]{artifactsOutputDirectory.EscapeMarkup()}[/]")
     {
       Header = new PanelHeader($"[blue]Shorts created[/] [green]successfully![/]")
     };
diff --git a/tests/StreamShorts.Console.Tests/Unit/Commands/DefaultCommandTests.cs b/tests/StreamShorts.Console.Tests/Unit/Commands/DefaultCommandTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1d4071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/StreamShorts.Console.Tests/Unit/Commands/DefaultCommandTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+namespace StreamShorts.Console.Tests.Unit.Commands;
+
+using Spectre.Console;
+
+public class DefaultCommandTests
+{
+  [Theory]
+  [InlineData("file[with]brackets.mp4", "file[[with]]brackets.mp4")]
+  [InlineData("normal-file.mp4", "normal-file.mp4")]
+  [InlineData("file_with_underscores.mp4", "file_with_underscores.mp4")]
+  [InlineData("file with spaces.mp4", "file with spaces.mp4")]
+  [InlineData("[brackets].mp4", "[[brackets]].mp4")]
+  public void EscapeMarkup_ShouldProperlyEscapeSquareBrackets(string input, string expected)
+  {
+    // Act
+    var result = input.EscapeMarkup();
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().Be(expected);
+  }
+}