diff --git a/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py b/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py
index 5c5144a..b092242 100644
--- a/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py
+++ b/bulkredditdownloader/file_name_formatter.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class FileNameFormatter:
     def _limit_file_name_length(filename: str, ending: str) -> str:
         possible_id = re.search(r'((?:_\w{6})?$)', filename).group(1)
         ending = possible_id + ending
-        filename = filename.strip(possible_id)
+        filename = re.sub(rf"^{possible_id}|{possible_id}$", "", filename)
         max_length_chars = 255 - len(ending)
         max_length_bytes = 255 - len(ending.encode('utf-8'))
         while len(filename) > max_length_chars or len(filename.encode('utf-8')) > max_length_bytes: