diff --git a/src/runtime/server/storage.ts b/src/runtime/server/storage.ts
index 76cf0e204..0d4363e44 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/storage.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/storage.ts
@@ -17,18 +17,34 @@ export const cacheParsedStorage = prefixStorage(useStorage(), 'cache:content:par
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 
 const contentConfig = useRuntimeConfig().content
+
 /**
  * Content ignore patterns
  */
-export const contentIgnores = contentConfig.ignores.map((p: any) =>
-  typeof p === 'string' ? new RegExp(`^${p}`) : p
+export const contentIgnores: Array<RegExp> = contentConfig.ignores.map((p: any) =>
+  typeof p === 'string' ? new RegExp(`^${p}|:${p}`) : p
 )
 
+/**
+ * Invalid key characters
+ */
+const invalidKeyCharacters = "'\"?#/".split('')
+
 /**
  * Filter predicate for ignore patterns
  */
-const contentIgnorePredicate = (key: string) =>
-  !key.startsWith('preview:') && !contentIgnores.some((prefix: RegExp) => key.split(':').some(k => prefix.test(k)))
+const contentIgnorePredicate = (key: string) => {
+  if (key.startsWith('preview:') || contentIgnores.some(prefix => prefix.test(key))) {
+    return false
+  }
+  if (invalidKeyCharacters.some(ik => key.includes(ik))) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.warn(`Ignoring [${key}]. File name should not contain any of the following characters: ${invalidKeyCharacters.join(', ')}`)
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
 
 export const getContentsIds = async (event: CompatibilityEvent, prefix?: string) => {
   let keys = []
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index da14a5a3a..0fd542868 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
-import { assert, test, describe, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { assert, test, describe, expect, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { setup, $fetch } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
 import { hash } from 'ohash'
 import { testMarkdownParser } from './features/parser-markdown'
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { testParserHooks } from './features/parser-hooks'
 import { testModuleOption } from './features/module-options'
 import { testContentQuery } from './features/content-query'
 
+const spyConsoleWarn = vi.spyOn(global.console, 'warn')
+
 describe('fixtures:basic', async () => {
   await setup({
     rootDir: fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/basic', import.meta.url)),
@@ -106,6 +108,11 @@ describe('fixtures:basic', async () => {
     expect(html).contains('Content (v2)')
   })
 
+  test('warn invalid file name', () => {
+    expect(spyConsoleWarn).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(spyConsoleWarn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Ignoring [content:with-\'invalid\'-char.md]. File name should not contain any of the following characters: \', ", ?, #, /')
+  })
+
   testContentQuery()
 
   testNavigation()
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/content/with-'invalid'-char.md b/test/fixtures/basic/content/with-'invalid'-char.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f7dca79b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/content/with-'invalid'-char.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# This file's name is invalid
\ No newline at end of file