diff --git a/src/driver/pictureviewer/pictureviewer.cpp b/src/driver/pictureviewer/pictureviewer.cpp
index d696846b7..549efa716 100644
--- a/src/driver/pictureviewer/pictureviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/pictureviewer/pictureviewer.cpp
@@ -570,20 +570,7 @@ bool CPictureViewer::GetLogoName(const uint64_t &ChannelID, const std::string &C
 		if (g_settings.logo_hdd_dir != LOGODIR)
 			v_path.push_back(LOGODIR);
 
-		std::transform(EventName.begin(), EventName.end(), EventName.begin(), ::tolower);
-		EventName = str_replace(" ", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace(",", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace(";", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace(":", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("+", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("'", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("?", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("!", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("&", "-", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("ä", "ae", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("ö", "oe", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("ü", "ue", EventName);
-		EventName = str_replace("ß", "ss", EventName);
+		EventName = GetSpecialName(EventName);
 		//printf("GetLogoName(): EventName \"%s\"\n", EventName.c_str());
 
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < (sizeof(fileType) / sizeof(fileType[0])); i++)
@@ -607,24 +594,7 @@ bool CPictureViewer::GetLogoName(const uint64_t &ChannelID, const std::string &C
 	}
 
 	// create special filename from channelname
-	std::string SpecialChannelName = ChannelName;
-	std::transform(SpecialChannelName.begin(), SpecialChannelName.end(), SpecialChannelName.begin(), ::tolower);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace(" ", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("ä", "a", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("ö", "o", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("ü", "u", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("+", "___plus___", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("&", "___and___", SpecialChannelName);
-	//
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace(",", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace(";", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace(":", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("*", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("'", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("?", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("|", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("/", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-	SpecialChannelName = str_replace("\\", "-", SpecialChannelName);
+	std::string SpecialChannelName = GetSpecialName(ChannelName);
 
 	// create channel id as string
 	char strChnId[16];
diff --git a/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp b/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp
index ab7fe1222..d614bb5b4 100644
--- a/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/streaminfo2.cpp
@@ -1149,17 +1149,7 @@ void CStreamInfo2::paint_techinfo(int xpos, int ypos)
 		// special channellogo
 		r.key = "Special Logo";
 		r.key += ": ";
-		std::string SpecialChannelName = channel->getName().c_str();
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace(" ", "_", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace(",", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace(";", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace(":", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace("*", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace("'", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace("?", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace("|", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace("/", "-", SpecialChannelName);
-		SpecialChannelName = str_replace("\\", "-", SpecialChannelName);
+		std::string SpecialChannelName = GetSpecialName(channel->getName());
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s.png", SpecialChannelName.c_str());
 		r.val = buf;
 		v.push_back(r);
diff --git a/src/system/helpers.cpp b/src/system/helpers.cpp
index 74fd4b465..c7e6998ef 100644
--- a/src/system/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/system/helpers.cpp
@@ -2104,3 +2104,35 @@ int getActivePartition()
 
 	return c;
 }
+
+// Why different name conventions ?
+// i put them all together here, and keep the simplest
+//name = str_replace(" ", "_", name);
+//name = str_replace("ä", "a", name);
+//name = str_replace("ö", "o", name);
+//name = str_replace("ü", "u", name);
+//name = str_replace("+", "___plus___", name);
+//name = str_replace("&", "___and___", name);
+std::string GetSpecialName(std::string name)
+{
+	std::transform(name.begin(), name.end(), name.begin(), ::tolower);
+	name = str_replace(" ", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("ä", "ae", name);
+	name = str_replace("ö", "oe", name);
+	name = str_replace("ü", "ue", name);
+	name = str_replace("ß", "ss", name);
+	name = str_replace("+", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("&", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("!", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace(",", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace(";", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace(":", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("*", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("'", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("?", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("|", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("/", "-", name);
+	name = str_replace("\\", "-", name);
+
+	return name;
+}
diff --git a/src/system/helpers.h b/src/system/helpers.h
index 05875112a..8ef730d52 100644
--- a/src/system/helpers.h
+++ b/src/system/helpers.h
@@ -194,4 +194,5 @@ bool isDigitWord(std::string str);
 
 int getActivePartition();
 
+std::string GetSpecialName(std::string NormalName);
 #endif