diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateNewDataFilesCommand.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateNewDataFilesCommand.java
index 3a21345448b..d87c385e0ad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateNewDataFilesCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateNewDataFilesCommand.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public CreateDataFileResult execute(CommandContext ctxt) throws CommandException
 
                             if (fileEntryName != null && !fileEntryName.equals("")) {
 
-                                String shortName = fileEntryName.replaceFirst("^.*[\\/]", "");
+                                String shortName = fileEntryName.replaceFirst("^.*[\\\\/]", "");
 
                                 // Check if it's a "fake" file - a zip archive entry
                                 // created for a MacOS X filesystem element: (these