diff --git a/ani-cli b/ani-cli
index 37a18368c..01979311b 100755
--- a/ani-cli
+++ b/ani-cli
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-version_number="4.14.1"
+version_number="4.14.2"
 
 # UI
 
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@ process_hist_entry() {
 
 update_history() {
     if grep -q -- "$id" "$histfile"; then
-        sed -E "s|^[^	]+	${id}	[^	]+$|${ep_no}	${id}	${title}|" "$histfile" >"${histfile}.new"
+        # escape sed special chars in replacement: & and \ and delimiter |
+        safe_title=$(printf '%s' "$title" | sed 's/[&\|]/\\&/g')
+        sed -E "s|^[^	]+	${id}	[^	]+$|${ep_no}	${id}	${safe_title}|" "$histfile" >"${histfile}.new"
     else
         cp "$histfile" "${histfile}.new"
         printf "%s\t%s\t%s\n" "$ep_no" "$id" "$title" >>"${histfile}.new"