diff --git a/scripts/restore.sh b/scripts/restore.sh
index 1a5e3f98..ce2fd1fd 100755
--- a/scripts/restore.sh
+++ b/scripts/restore.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ restore_pane() {
 			new_session "$session_name" "$window_number" "$dir" "$pane_index"
 		fi
 		# set pane title
-		tmux select-pane -t "$session_name:$window_number.$pane_index" -T "$pane_title"
+		tmux select-pane -t "$session_name:$window_number.$pane_index" -T "${pane_title//:/}"
 	done < <(echo "$pane")
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/save.sh b/scripts/save.sh
index 01edcdeb..ad9d6ffd 100755
--- a/scripts/save.sh
+++ b/scripts/save.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pane_format() {
 	format+="${delimiter}"
 	format+="#{pane_index}"
 	format+="${delimiter}"
-	format+="#{pane_title}"
+	format+=":#{pane_title}"
 	format+="${delimiter}"
 	format+=":#{pane_current_path}"
 	format+="${delimiter}"