diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd553f4..e3db227 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "click>=8.0.4",
     "requests>=2.31.0",
-    "wget>=3.2",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/apyrat.py b/src/apyrat.py
index 563f886..da4f679 100644
--- a/src/apyrat.py
+++ b/src/apyrat.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
+import tempfile
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from enum import Enum
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import click
 import requests
-import wget
 
 from src.utils import check_domain_validity, prepare_headers
 
@@ -142,20 +142,47 @@ def download(self, quality: str):
             video = self.find_closest_quality(video_qualities, quality)
             self._download_video(video)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _sanitize_filename(name: str) -> str:
+        # Remove characters that are invalid on common filesystems
+        invalid = r'<>:"/\|?*'
+        for char in invalid:
+            name = name.replace(char, "")
+        # Strip trailing dots/spaces and limit length to be safe
+        name = name.strip().strip(".")
+        if len(name) > 200:
+            name = name[:200]
+        return name or "video"
+
     def _download_video(self, video):
         url = video.get("url")
         title = video.get("title")
         click.echo(f"{title}\n{url}")
-        file_name = self.file_name or video.get("title")
-        output_file = f"{file_name}.{self._get_file_format(url)}"
+        file_name = self._sanitize_filename(self.file_name or video.get("title"))
+        file_format = self._get_file_format(url)
+        output_file = f"{file_name}.{file_format}" if file_format else file_name
         # Check if file already exists
         if os.path.isfile(output_file):
             # Create a hash of the filename
             hash_object = hashlib.md5(output_file.encode())
             hex_dig = hash_object.hexdigest()
             # Append the hash to the filename
-            output_file = f"{hex_dig}{output_file}"
-        wget.download(url, out=output_file)
+            output_file = f"{hex_dig}_{output_file}"
+        # Download to a safe temporary file first, then rename. This avoids
+        # issues with filesystems/locales that choke on long Unicode paths
+        # (e.g. Persian filenames) when opening the final file directly.
+        fd, tmp_file = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=".")
+        os.close(fd)
+        try:
+            with requests.get(url, headers=prepare_headers(), stream=True) as r:
+                r.raise_for_status()
+                with open(tmp_file, "wb") as f:
+                    for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+                        f.write(chunk)
+            os.replace(tmp_file, output_file)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.exists(tmp_file):
+                os.remove(tmp_file)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_file_format(url):
diff --git a/tests/test_apyrat.py b/tests/test_apyrat.py
index 0612f1a..b1e5e40 100644
--- a/tests/test_apyrat.py
+++ b/tests/test_apyrat.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from unittest.mock import patch
+import hashlib
+import os
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from src.apyrat import Downloader, VideoQuality
 
@@ -29,8 +31,13 @@ def test_default_quality():
 
 
 @patch("os.path.isfile", return_value=True)
-@patch("wget.download")
-def test_download_when_file_exists(mock_wget, mock_isfile):
+@patch("requests.get")
+def test_download_when_file_exists(mock_get, mock_isfile):
+    mock_response = MagicMock()
+    mock_response.iter_content.return_value = [b"chunk"]
+    mock_response.raise_for_status = MagicMock()
+    mock_get.return_value.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=mock_response)
+    mock_get.return_value.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
     downloader = Downloader("https://www.aparat.com/v/qur3I", "outputfile")
     downloader.videos = [
         [
@@ -42,6 +49,12 @@ def test_download_when_file_exists(mock_wget, mock_isfile):
         ]
     ]
     downloader.qualities = ["720p"]
-    downloader.download("720p")
-    mock_wget.assert_called_once()
+    # The URL has no extension, so the output file is just "outputfile"
+    hex_dig = hashlib.md5("outputfile".encode()).hexdigest()
+    output_file = f"{hex_dig}_outputfile"
+    try:
+        downloader.download("720p")
+    finally:
+        if os.path.exists(output_file):
+            os.remove(output_file)
     mock_isfile.assert_called_once()