diff --git a/YoutubeDownloader.Core/Downloading/FileNameTemplate.cs b/YoutubeDownloader.Core/Downloading/FileNameTemplate.cs
index 7436f5c63..ee82d8d5b 100644
--- a/YoutubeDownloader.Core/Downloading/FileNameTemplate.cs
+++ b/YoutubeDownloader.Core/Downloading/FileNameTemplate.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ public static string Apply(
     ) =>
         PathEx.EscapeFileName(
             template
-                .Replace("$num", number is not null ? $"[{number}]" : "")
                 .Replace("$numc", number ?? "")
+                .Replace("$num", number is not null ? $"[{number}]" : "")
                 .Replace("$id", video.Id)
                 .Replace("$title", video.Title)
                 .Replace("$author", video.Author.ChannelTitle)