diff --git a/packages/core/src/builtins/utils/debrid.ts b/packages/core/src/builtins/utils/debrid.ts
index c5b08e3a..93d80a1d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/builtins/utils/debrid.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/builtins/utils/debrid.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../debrid/index.js';
 import { PTT } from '../../parser/index.js';
 import { ParseResult } from 'go-ptt';
+import { preprocessTitle } from '../../parser/utils.js';
 
 // we have a list of torrents which need to be
 // - 1. checked for instant availability for each configured debrid service
@@ -158,7 +159,15 @@ async function processTorrentsForDebridService(
 
     const parsedTorrent = parsedFiles.get(torrent.title ?? '');
     if (metadata && parsedTorrent) {
-      if (torrent.confirmed !== true && isTitleWrong(parsedTorrent, metadata)) {
+      const preprocessedTitle = preprocessTitle(
+        parsedTorrent.title,
+        torrent.title ?? '',
+        metadata.titles
+      );
+      if (
+        torrent.confirmed !== true &&
+        isTitleWrong({ title: preprocessedTitle }, metadata)
+      ) {
         continue;
       }
       if (isSeasonWrong(parsedTorrent, metadata)) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/debrid/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/debrid/utils.ts
index 7b735c50..3fbeddeb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/debrid/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/debrid/utils.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ import {
   FileInfo,
   TitleMetadata,
 } from './base.js';
-import { normaliseTitle, titleMatch } from '../parser/utils.js';
+import {
+  normaliseTitle,
+  preprocessTitle,
+  titleMatch,
+} from '../parser/utils.js';
 import { partial_ratio } from 'fuzzball';
 
 const logger = createLogger('debrid');
@@ -218,7 +222,19 @@ export async function selectFileInTorrentOrNZB(
     }
 
     // Title matching (third priority)
-    if (parsed && !isTitleWrong(parsed, metadata)) {
+    if (
+      parsed?.title &&
+      !isTitleWrong(
+        {
+          title: preprocessTitle(
+            parsed.title,
+            torrentOrNZB.title ?? '',
+            metadata?.titles ?? []
+          ),
+        },
+        metadata
+      )
+    ) {
       score += 100;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/parser/utils.ts b/packages/core/src/parser/utils.ts
index cdd2db66..f7f874b2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/parser/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/parser/utils.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,39 @@ export function titleMatch(
   return highestScore >= threshold;
 }
 
+export function preprocessTitle(
+  parsedTitle: string,
+  filename: string,
+  titles: string[]
+) {
+  let preprocessedTitle = parsedTitle;
+
+  const altTitleSeparators = ['/', ' aka '];
+  for (const sep of altTitleSeparators) {
+    if (
+      preprocessedTitle?.toLowerCase().includes(sep) &&
+      !titles.some((title) => title.toLowerCase().includes(sep))
+    ) {
+      preprocessedTitle =
+        preprocessedTitle.split(sep)[0]?.trim() ?? preprocessedTitle;
+      logger.debug(
+        `Updated title from ${parsedTitle} to ${preprocessedTitle} because of ${sep}`
+      );
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (
+    titles.some((title) => title.toLowerCase().includes('saga')) &&
+    filename?.toLowerCase().includes('saga') &&
+    !preprocessedTitle.toLowerCase().includes('saga')
+  ) {
+    preprocessedTitle += ' Saga';
+  }
+
+  return preprocessedTitle;
+}
+
 export function normaliseTitle(title: string) {
   return title
     .normalize('NFD')
diff --git a/packages/core/src/streams/filterer.ts b/packages/core/src/streams/filterer.ts
index 0f44c024..17846173 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/streams/filterer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/streams/filterer.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { StreamSelector } from '../parser/streamExpression.js';
 import StreamUtils from './utils.js';
 import { MetadataService } from '../metadata/service.js';
 import { Metadata } from '../metadata/utils.js';
-import { titleMatch } from '../parser/utils.js';
+import { preprocessTitle, titleMatch } from '../parser/utils.js';
 import { partial_ratio } from 'fuzzball';
 import { calculateAbsoluteEpisode } from '../builtins/utils/general.js';
 import { formatBytes } from '../formatters/utils.js';
@@ -479,19 +479,16 @@ class StreamFilterer {
         return true;
       }
 
-      if (!streamTitle) {
+      if (!streamTitle || !stream.filename) {
         // only filter out movies without a year as series results usually don't include a year
         return false;
       }
 
-      if (
-        requestedMetadata.title.toLowerCase().includes('saga') &&
-        stream.filename?.toLowerCase().includes('saga') &&
-        !streamTitle.toLowerCase().includes('saga')
-      ) {
-        streamTitle += ' Saga';
-        stream.parsedFile!.title = streamTitle;
-      }
+      streamTitle = preprocessTitle(
+        streamTitle,
+        stream.filename,
+        requestedMetadata.titles
+      );
 
       if (titleMatchingOptions.mode === 'exact') {
         return titleMatch(