diff --git a/py/services/recipes/sharing_service.py b/py/services/recipes/sharing_service.py
index a1af4f37..2afe190c 100644
--- a/py/services/recipes/sharing_service.py
+++ b/py/services/recipes/sharing_service.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
+import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 import time
+import unicodedata
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
@@ -59,8 +61,9 @@ class RecipeSharingService:
         }
         self._cleanup_shared_recipes()
 
-        safe_title = recipe.get("title", "").replace(" ", "_").lower()
-        filename = f"recipe_{safe_title}{ext}" if safe_title else f"recipe_{recipe_id}{ext}"
+        filename = self._build_download_filename(
+            title=recipe.get("title", ""), recipe_id=recipe_id, ext=ext
+        )
         url_path = f"/api/lm/recipe/{recipe_id}/share/download?t={timestamp}"
         return SharingResult({"success": True, "download_url": url_path, "filename": filename})
 
@@ -78,13 +81,38 @@ class RecipeSharingService:
             raise RecipeNotFoundError("Shared recipe file not found")
 
         recipe = await recipe_scanner.get_recipe_by_id(recipe_id)
-        filename_base = (
-            f"recipe_{recipe.get('title', '').replace(' ', '_').lower()}" if recipe else recipe_id
-        )
         ext = os.path.splitext(file_path)[1]
-        download_filename = f"{filename_base}{ext}"
+        download_filename = self._build_download_filename(
+            title=recipe.get("title", "") if recipe else "",
+            recipe_id=recipe_id,
+            ext=ext,
+        )
         return DownloadInfo(file_path=file_path, download_filename=download_filename)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _build_download_filename(*, title: str, recipe_id: str, ext: str) -> str:
+        """Generate a sanitized filename safe for HTTP headers and filesystems."""
+
+        ext = ext or ""
+        safe_title = RecipeSharingService._slugify(title)
+        fallback = RecipeSharingService._slugify(recipe_id)
+        identifier = safe_title or fallback or "recipe"
+        return f"recipe_{identifier}{ext}"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _slugify(value: str) -> str:
+        """Convert arbitrary input into a lowercase, header-safe slug."""
+
+        if not value:
+            return ""
+
+        normalized = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", value)
+        ascii_value = normalized.encode("ascii", "ignore").decode("ascii")
+        ascii_value = ascii_value.replace("\n", " ").replace("\r", " ")
+        sanitized = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9._-]+", "_", ascii_value)
+        sanitized = re.sub(r"_+", "_", sanitized).strip("._-")
+        return sanitized.lower()
+
     def _cleanup_shared_recipes(self) -> None:
         for recipe_id in list(self._shared_recipes.keys()):
             shared = self._shared_recipes.get(recipe_id)
diff --git a/tests/services/test_recipe_sharing_service.py b/tests/services/test_recipe_sharing_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d70ff84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/services/test_recipe_sharing_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import logging
+
+import pytest
+
+from py.services.recipes.errors import RecipeNotFoundError
+from py.services.recipes.sharing_service import RecipeSharingService
+
+
+class DummyScanner:
+    def __init__(self, recipe_by_id):
+        self._recipes = recipe_by_id
+
+    async def get_recipe_by_id(self, recipe_id):
+        return self._recipes.get(recipe_id)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_share_recipe_sanitizes_filename(tmp_path):
+    image_path = tmp_path / "original.png"
+    image_path.write_bytes(b"data")
+
+    recipe_id = "unsafe:id"
+    recipe = {
+        "file_path": str(image_path),
+        "title": "Bad\rTitle\n../",
+    }
+    scanner = DummyScanner({recipe_id: recipe})
+
+    service = RecipeSharingService(ttl_seconds=30, logger=logging.getLogger("test"))
+
+    result = await service.share_recipe(recipe_scanner=scanner, recipe_id=recipe_id)
+    assert result.payload["filename"] == "recipe_bad_title.png"
+
+    download_info = await service.prepare_download(recipe_scanner=scanner, recipe_id=recipe_id)
+    assert download_info.download_filename == "recipe_bad_title.png"
+
+    service._cleanup_entry(recipe_id)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_share_recipe_falls_back_to_recipe_id(tmp_path):
+    image_path = tmp_path / "original.png"
+    image_path.write_bytes(b"data")
+
+    recipe_id = "ID 123"
+    recipe = {
+        "file_path": str(image_path),
+        "title": "\n\t",
+    }
+    scanner = DummyScanner({recipe_id: recipe})
+
+    service = RecipeSharingService(ttl_seconds=30, logger=logging.getLogger("test"))
+
+    result = await service.share_recipe(recipe_scanner=scanner, recipe_id=recipe_id)
+    assert result.payload["filename"] == "recipe_id_123.png"
+
+    service._cleanup_entry(recipe_id)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_prepare_download_rejects_expired(tmp_path):
+    service = RecipeSharingService(ttl_seconds=30, logger=logging.getLogger("test"))
+
+    image_path = tmp_path / "original.png"
+    image_path.write_bytes(b"data")
+    recipe_id = "recipe"
+
+    recipe = {"file_path": str(image_path), "title": "sample"}
+    scanner = DummyScanner({recipe_id: recipe})
+
+    await service.share_recipe(recipe_scanner=scanner, recipe_id=recipe_id)
+
+    # Force the entry to expire
+    service._shared_recipes[recipe_id]["expires"] = 0
+
+    with pytest.raises(RecipeNotFoundError):
+        await service.prepare_download(recipe_scanner=scanner, recipe_id=recipe_id)
+
+    service._cleanup_entry(recipe_id)