diff --git a/library/Core.cpp b/library/Core.cpp
index dac776506..d206a7c62 100644
--- a/library/Core.cpp
+++ b/library/Core.cpp
@@ -460,6 +460,18 @@ command_result Core::runCommand(color_ostream &con, const std::string &first, ve
 {
     if (!first.empty())
     {
+        // Disallow backslashes in commands (e.g. script names), for consistency
+        if(first.find('\\') != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            std::string suggestion = first;
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < suggestion.size(); i++)
+            {
+                if (suggestion[i] == '\\')
+                    suggestion[i] = '/';
+            }
+            con.printerr("Backslashes in command names are not valid. Use %s instead.\n", suggestion.c_str());
+            return CR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+        }
         // let's see what we actually got
         if(first=="help" || first == "?" || first == "man")
         {