diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala
index 9f707df2a83..b8f2045abfc 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicJavaGenerator.scala
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ class BasicJavaGenerator extends BasicGenerator {
     super.toVarName(paramName)
   }
 
+  override def toApiFilename(name: String): String = {
+    val paramName = name.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9_]","")
+    super.toApiFilename(paramName)
+  }
+
+  override def toApiName(name: String): String = {
+    val paramName = name.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9_]","")
+    super.toApiName(paramName)
+  }
+
   // response classes
   override def processResponseClass(responseClass: String): Option[String] = {
     responseClass match {