diff --git a/kitty/utils.py b/kitty/utils.py
index a018af262..676a23ff3 100644
--- a/kitty/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/utils.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def timeit(name, do_timing=False):
 
 
 def sanitize_title(x):
-    return re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', re.sub(r'[\0-\x19]', '', x))
+    return re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', re.sub(r'[\0-\x19\x80-\x9f]', '', x))
 
 
 def color_as_int(val):
diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index d70748a86..4d0f0a62d 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class Window:
             if isinstance(text, str):
                 text = text.encode('utf-8')
             if self.screen.in_bracketed_paste_mode:
-                text = text.replace(b'\033[201~', b'')
+                text = text.replace(b'\033[201~', b'').replace(b'\x9b201~', b'')
             self.screen.paste(text)
 
     def copy_to_clipboard(self):