diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df4963b..a52db92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 - macOS cookie extraction now supports Brave keychain storage (#40) — thanks @gakonst.
+- Terminal hyperlinks now sanitize control characters before emitting OSC 8 sequences (#29) — thanks @mafulafunk.
 - Following/followers pagination now guards repeat cursors and standardizes JSON output (#28) — thanks @malpern.
 - Lists GraphQL feature flags updated to prevent 400s (#27) — thanks @zheli.
 - Likes pagination now follows cursors and avoids stalling on duplicate pages (#12) — thanks @titouv.
diff --git a/src/lib/output.ts b/src/lib/output.ts
index d492f7d..7d6779f 100644
--- a/src/lib/output.ts
+++ b/src/lib/output.ts
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ export function hyperlink(url: string, text?: string, cfg?: OutputConfig): strin
   if (!cfg?.hyperlinks) {
     return displayText;
   }
+  const safeUrl = url.replaceAll('\x1b', '').replaceAll('\x07', '');
+  const safeText = displayText.replaceAll('\x1b', '').replaceAll('\x07', '');
   // OSC 8 hyperlink: \x1b]8;;URL\x07TEXT\x1b]8;;\x07
-  return `\x1b]8;;${url}\x07${displayText}\x1b]8;;\x07`;
+  return `\x1b]8;;${safeUrl}\x07${safeText}\x1b]8;;\x07`;
 }
 
 export function formatTweetUrlLine(tweetId: string, cfg: OutputConfig): string {
diff --git a/tests/output.test.ts b/tests/output.test.ts
index 3a43b81..2f33882 100644
--- a/tests/output.test.ts
+++ b/tests/output.test.ts
@@ -111,4 +111,11 @@ describe('output', () => {
     expect(result).toContain('Click here');
     expect(result).toContain('\x1b]8;;https://x.com/test\x07');
   });
+
+  it('hyperlink strips OSC control characters from url and text', () => {
+    const cfg = { plain: false, emoji: true, color: true, hyperlinks: true };
+    const result = hyperlink('https://x.com/\u001btest\u0007', 'Hi\u001b\u0007', cfg);
+    expect(result).not.toContain('\u001btest\u0007');
+    expect(result).not.toContain('Hi\u001b\u0007');
+  });
 });