diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index b98d6a87..83ee0403 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ class NextUrlSanitizer:
     def sanitize(url: Optional[str], allowed_domains: List[str]) -> Optional[str]:
         if not url:
             return None
-        result = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+        replaced = url.replace("\\", "/")
+        result = urllib.parse.urlparse(replaced)
         if result.hostname:
             if result.hostname in allowed_domains:
-                return url
+                return replaced
             else:
                 return None
         if result.path and result.path[0] == "/":
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 52984373..013ea681 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 
 import pytest
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ def generate_sanitize_url_cases() -> List:
         cases.append([f"https://{domain}/sub", f"https://{domain}/sub"])
         cases.append([domain, None])
         cases.append([f"//{domain}", f"//{domain}"])
+        cases.append([f"https://google.com\\@{domain}/haha", None])
     return cases
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("url,expected", generate_sanitize_url_cases())
-def test_sanitize_url(url, expected):
+def test_sanitize_url(url: str, expected: Optional[str]):
     sanitized = sanitize_next_url(url)
     assert expected == sanitized