diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e3e858d..ca1c7cb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -111,7 +111,16 @@ When making your PR, follow these guidelines:
 
 - Your branch has a base of _develop_, **not** _master_
 - You are merging your branch into the _develop_ branch
-- You link any issues that are resolved or fixed by your changes. (this is done by typing "Fixes #\<issue number\>") in your pull request.
+- You link any issues that are resolved or fixed by your changes. (this is done by typing "Fixes #\<issue number\>") in your pull request
+- Where possible, you have used `git pull --rebase`, to avoid creating unnecessary merge commits
+- You have meaningful commits, and if possible, follow the commit style guide of `type: explanation`
+- Here are the commit types: 
+ - **feat** - a new feature
+ - **fix** - a bug fix
+ - **docs** - a change to documentation / commenting
+ - **style** - formatting changes - does not impact code
+ - **refactor** - refactored code
+ - **chore** - updating configs, workflows etc - does not impact code
 
 ### Improving The Documentation
 
diff --git a/video_creation/final_video.py b/video_creation/final_video.py
index 428dd67..cae8cc1 100755
--- a/video_creation/final_video.py
+++ b/video_creation/final_video.py
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ console = Console()
 W, H = 1080, 1920
 
 
+
+def name_normalize(
+        name: str
+) -> str:
+    name = re.sub(r'[?\\"%*:|<>]', '', name)
+    name = re.sub(r'( [w,W]\s?\/\s?[o,O,0])', r' without', name)
+    name = re.sub(r'( [w,W]\s?\/)', r' with', name)
+    name = re.sub(r'([0-9]+)\s?\/\s?([0-9]+)', r'\1 of \2', name)
+    name = re.sub(r'(\w+)\s?\/\s?(\w+)', r'\1 or \2', name)
+    name = re.sub(r'\/', r'', name)
+    return name
+
+
 def make_final_video(number_of_clips: int, length: int, reddit_obj: dict, background_config: Tuple[str, str, str, Any]):
     """Gathers audio clips, gathers all screenshots, stitches them together and saves the final video to assets/temp
 
@@ -90,7 +103,7 @@ def make_final_video(number_of_clips: int, length: int, reddit_obj: dict, backgr
     final = CompositeVideoClip([background_clip, image_concat])
     title = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_title"])
     idx = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_id"])
-    filename = f"{title}.mp4"
+    filename = f"{name_normalize(title)}.mp4"
     subreddit = os.getenv("SUBREDDIT")
 
     save_data(filename, title, idx)