diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ccdb36..62ae2f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ cbzconverter optimize [folder] --format=webp
 cbzconverter optimize [folder] --format WEBP
 ```
 
+Preserve original page filenames in the output CBZ instead of sequential renumbering:
+
+```sh
+cbzconverter optimize [folder] --keep-filenames --quality 85 --format webp
+```
+
 With timeout to avoid hanging on problematic chapters:
 
 ```sh
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ docker run -v /path/to/comics:/comics ghcr.io/belphemur/cbzoptimizer:latest watc
 - `--format`, `-f`: Format to convert the images to (currently supports: webp). Default is webp.
   - Can be specified as: `--format webp`, `-f webp`, or `--format=webp`
   - Case-insensitive: `webp`, `WEBP`, and `WebP` are all valid
+- `--keep-filenames`: Preserve each page's original base filename in the output CBZ (with the extension swapped for format conversion) instead of renumbering pages to `0000`, `0001`, ... Default is false. When two source pages share the same base filename, the second one falls back to the indexed form so the output stays a valid zip.
 - `--timeout`, `-t`: Maximum time allowed for converting a single chapter (e.g., 30s, 5m, 1h). 0 means no timeout. Default is 0.
 - `--backfill`: *(`watch` only)* Optimize CBZ/CBR files that already exist in the watched folder at startup, before watching for new changes. Default is false.
 - `--log`, `-l`: Set log level; can be 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', or 'trace'. Default is info.
diff --git a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/flags.go b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/flags.go
index 81b26fb..15c080f 100644
--- a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/flags.go
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ func setupSplitFlag(cmd *cobra.Command, defaultValue bool, bindViper bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+// setupKeepFilenamesFlag sets up the keep-filenames flag for a command.
+//
+// Parameters:
+//   - cmd: The Cobra command to add the keep-filenames flag to
+//   - defaultValue: The default keep-filenames value
+//   - bindViper: If true, binds the flag to viper for configuration file support
+func setupKeepFilenamesFlag(cmd *cobra.Command, defaultValue bool, bindViper bool) {
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("keep-filenames", defaultValue, "Preserve original page filenames instead of renumbering to sequential indices")
+	if bindViper {
+		_ = viper.BindPFlag("keep-filenames", cmd.Flags().Lookup("keep-filenames"))
+	}
+}
+
 // setupTimeoutFlag sets up the timeout flag for a command.
 //
 // Parameters:
@@ -96,5 +109,6 @@ func setupCommonFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, converterType *constant.ConversionForm
 	setupQualityFlag(cmd, qualityDefault, bindViper)
 	setupOverrideFlag(cmd, overrideDefault, bindViper)
 	setupSplitFlag(cmd, splitDefault, bindViper)
+	setupKeepFilenamesFlag(cmd, false, bindViper)
 	setupTimeoutFlag(cmd, bindViper)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command.go b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command.go
index 0ab6427..7ca0f4b 100644
--- a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command.go
+++ b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command.go
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ func init() {
 		RunE:  ConvertCbzCommand,
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	}
-	
+
 	// Setup common flags (format, quality, override, split, timeout)
 	setupCommonFlags(command, &converterType, 85, false, false, false)
-	
+
 	// Setup optimize-specific flags
 	command.Flags().IntP("parallelism", "n", 2, "Number of chapters to convert in parallel")
 
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ func ConvertCbzCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	log.Debug().Bool("split", split).Msg("Split parameter parsed")
 
+	keepFilenames, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("keep-filenames")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to parse keep-filenames flag")
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid keep-filenames value")
+	}
+	log.Debug().Bool("keep-filenames", keepFilenames).Msg("Keep-filenames parameter parsed")
+
 	timeout, err := cmd.Flags().GetDuration("timeout")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to parse timeout flag")
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ func ConvertCbzCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 					Quality:          quality,
 					Override:         override,
 					Split:            split,
+					KeepFilenames:    keepFilenames,
 					Timeout:          timeout,
 				})
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command_test.go b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command_test.go
index 08fee33..0854754 100644
--- a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/optimize_command_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func TestConvertCbzCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("parallelism", "n", 2, "Number of chapters to convert in parallel")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("override", "o", false, "Override the original CBZ/CBR files")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("split", "s", false, "Split long pages into smaller chunks")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("keep-filenames", false, "Preserve original page filenames instead of renumbering to sequential indices")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationP("timeout", "t", 0, "Maximum time allowed for converting a single chapter (e.g., 30s, 5m, 1h). 0 means no timeout")
 
 	// Execute the command
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ func setupTestCommand(t *testing.T) (*cobra.Command, func()) {
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("parallelism", "n", 1, "Number of chapters to convert in parallel")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("override", "o", false, "Override the original CBZ/CBR files")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("split", "s", false, "Split long pages into smaller chunks")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("keep-filenames", false, "Preserve original page filenames instead of renumbering to sequential indices")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationP("timeout", "t", 0, "Maximum time allowed for converting a single chapter")
 
 	// Reset converterType to default before test for consistency
@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@ func TestConvertCbzCommand_ManyFiles_NoDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("parallelism", "n", 2, "Number of chapters to convert in parallel")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("override", "o", false, "Override the original CBZ/CBR files")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("split", "s", false, "Split long pages into smaller chunks")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("keep-filenames", false, "Preserve original page filenames instead of renumbering to sequential indices")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationP("timeout", "t", 0, "Maximum time allowed for converting a single chapter")
 
 	converterType = constant.DefaultConversion
@@ -535,6 +538,7 @@ func TestConvertCbzCommand_HighParallelism_NoDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd.Flags().IntP("parallelism", "n", 8, "Number of chapters to convert in parallel")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("override", "o", false, "Override the original CBZ/CBR files")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("split", "s", false, "Split long pages into smaller chunks")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("keep-filenames", false, "Preserve original page filenames instead of renumbering to sequential indices")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationP("timeout", "t", 0, "Maximum time allowed for converting a single chapter")
 
 	converterType = constant.DefaultConversion
diff --git a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/watch_command.go b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/watch_command.go
index 3e82d8e..d49935e 100644
--- a/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/watch_command.go
+++ b/cmd/cbzoptimizer/commands/watch_command.go
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ func WatchCommand(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	split := viper.GetBool("split")
 
+	keepFilenames := viper.GetBool("keep-filenames")
+
 	timeout := viper.GetDuration("timeout")
 
 	backfill := viper.GetBool("backfill")
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ func WatchCommand(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to prepare converter: %w", err)
 	}
-	log.Info().Str("path", path).Bool("override", override).Uint8("quality", quality).Str("format", converterType.String()).Bool("split", split).Bool("backfill", backfill).Msg("Watching directory")
+	log.Info().Str("path", path).Bool("override", override).Uint8("quality", quality).Str("format", converterType.String()).Bool("split", split).Bool("keep_filenames", keepFilenames).Bool("backfill", backfill).Msg("Watching directory")
 
 	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ func WatchCommand(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Quality:          quality,
 		Override:         override,
 		Split:            split,
+		KeepFilenames:    keepFilenames,
 		Timeout:          timeout,
 	})
 	defer queue.Stop()
diff --git a/internal/cbz/cbz_creator.go b/internal/cbz/cbz_creator.go
index 2a4b6c0..9b543a9 100644
--- a/internal/cbz/cbz_creator.go
+++ b/internal/cbz/cbz_creator.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/belphemur/CBZOptimizer/v2/internal/manga"
@@ -12,6 +14,56 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
+// resolvePageName picks the final archive entry name for a page.
+//
+// Order of resolution:
+//  1. When page.OriginalName is set (keep-filenames mode), use its stem with
+//     the current page.Extension. Split pages append the -NN suffix so all
+//     parts of the same source still land in the archive.
+//  2. If that final name has already been used in this archive, fall back to
+//     the indexed form (stem + "_%04d" + extension) so the zip stays valid.
+//  3. Otherwise (OriginalName is empty), use the historical %04d / %04d-NN
+//     sequential naming.
+//
+// usedNames tracks every name already chosen for this archive and is mutated
+// in place so the caller can keep a single map across the whole chapter.
+func resolvePageName(page *manga.PageFile, usedNames map[string]struct{}) string {
+	if page.OriginalName != "" {
+		stem := strings.TrimSuffix(page.OriginalName, filepath.Ext(page.OriginalName))
+		var candidate string
+		if page.IsSplitted {
+			candidate = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%02d%s", stem, page.SplitPartIndex, page.Extension)
+		} else {
+			candidate = stem + page.Extension
+		}
+		if _, taken := usedNames[candidate]; !taken {
+			usedNames[candidate] = struct{}{}
+			return candidate
+		}
+		// Collision: fall back to the indexed form so the entry still gets
+		// written, but make it visibly distinct from the preserved one.
+		// Loop in case the fallback name is itself already taken (e.g. a
+		// source file literally named "cover_0001.png" colliding with a
+		// page-index 1 fallback "cover_0001.webp").
+		for suffix := page.Index; ; suffix++ {
+			fallback := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%04d%s", stem, suffix, page.Extension)
+			if _, taken := usedNames[fallback]; !taken {
+				usedNames[fallback] = struct{}{}
+				return fallback
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if page.IsSplitted {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d%s", page.Index, page.SplitPartIndex, page.Extension)
+		usedNames[name] = struct{}{}
+		return name
+	}
+	name := fmt.Sprintf("%04d%s", page.Index, page.Extension)
+	usedNames[name] = struct{}{}
+	return name
+}
+
 // WriteChapterToCBZ creates a CBZ file from a Chapter by streaming page files
 // from disk directly into the zip archive. No image data is held in memory.
 func WriteChapterToCBZ(chapter *manga.Chapter, outputFilePath string) (err error) {
@@ -34,14 +86,14 @@ func WriteChapterToCBZ(chapter *manga.Chapter, outputFilePath string) (err error
 	zipWriter := zip.NewWriter(zipFile)
 	defer errs.Capture(&err, zipWriter.Close, "failed to close .cbz writer")
 
-	// Write each page to the archive by streaming from disk
+	// Write each page to the archive by streaming from disk.
+	// Final name resolution: when a page carries an OriginalName (recorded by
+	// ExtractChapter when --keep-filenames is on), preserve its stem and only
+	// swap the extension to the current page.Extension. Duplicates in the
+	// archive fall back to the indexed naming so the output stays a valid zip.
+	usedNames := make(map[string]struct{}, len(chapter.Pages))
 	for _, page := range chapter.Pages {
-		var fileName string
-		if page.IsSplitted {
-			fileName = fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d%s", page.Index, page.SplitPartIndex, page.Extension)
-		} else {
-			fileName = fmt.Sprintf("%04d%s", page.Index, page.Extension)
-		}
+		fileName := resolvePageName(page, usedNames)
 
 		log.Debug().
 			Str("output_path", outputFilePath).
diff --git a/internal/cbz/cbz_creator_test.go b/internal/cbz/cbz_creator_test.go
index 8d3ad64..d37dc50 100644
--- a/internal/cbz/cbz_creator_test.go
+++ b/internal/cbz/cbz_creator_test.go
@@ -101,6 +101,70 @@ func TestWriteChapterToCBZ(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedFiles: []string{"0000-01.jpg"},
 		},
+		{
+			// --keep-filenames: the page stem is reused as-is with the
+			// current Extension, regardless of the source extension.
+			name: "Preserve original filename, extension swap",
+			chapter: func(t *testing.T, dir string) *manga.Chapter {
+				return &manga.Chapter{
+					Pages: []*manga.PageFile{
+						{
+							Index:        0,
+							Extension:    ".webp",
+							FilePath:     createTempPage(t, dir, "image data", ".webp"),
+							OriginalName: "page01.png",
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+			expectedFiles: []string{"page01.webp"},
+		},
+		{
+			// --keep-filenames for a split page: stem is preserved, the
+			// split part index still gets appended to keep parts distinct.
+			name: "Split page with OriginalName",
+			chapter: func(t *testing.T, dir string) *manga.Chapter {
+				return &manga.Chapter{
+					Pages: []*manga.PageFile{
+						{
+							Index:          0,
+							Extension:      ".webp",
+							FilePath:       createTempPage(t, dir, "split data", ".webp"),
+							IsSplitted:     true,
+							SplitPartIndex: 2,
+							OriginalName:   "tall.png",
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+			expectedFiles: []string{"tall-02.webp"},
+		},
+		{
+			// Two pages share the same OriginalName (rare but possible
+			// with subdirectories): the first keeps the stem, the second
+			// falls back to the indexed form to avoid duplicate zip
+			// entries.
+			name: "Duplicate OriginalName falls back to indexed form",
+			chapter: func(t *testing.T, dir string) *manga.Chapter {
+				return &manga.Chapter{
+					Pages: []*manga.PageFile{
+						{
+							Index:        0,
+							Extension:    ".webp",
+							FilePath:     createTempPage(t, dir, "first", ".webp"),
+							OriginalName: "cover.png",
+						},
+						{
+							Index:        1,
+							Extension:    ".webp",
+							FilePath:     createTempPage(t, dir, "second", ".webp"),
+							OriginalName: "cover.png",
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+			expectedFiles: []string{"cover.webp", "cover_0001.webp"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/internal/cbz/cbz_loader.go b/internal/cbz/cbz_loader.go
index 01c3af4..bd50048 100644
--- a/internal/cbz/cbz_loader.go
+++ b/internal/cbz/cbz_loader.go
@@ -142,7 +142,13 @@ func IsAlreadyConverted(ctx context.Context, filePath string) (converted bool, e
 // ExtractChapter extracts an archive (CBZ/CBR) to a temp directory on disk.
 // Pages are streamed directly to files — no image data is held in memory.
 // Returns a Chapter with PageFile entries pointing to extracted files.
-func ExtractChapter(ctx context.Context, filePath string) (*manga.Chapter, error) {
+//
+// When keepFilenames is true, each PageFile has its OriginalName set to the
+// base filename of the entry inside the archive. Downstream code uses that
+// name to preserve the original page identity in the output CBZ (with the
+// extension swapped for format conversion). When false, OriginalName stays
+// empty and the sequential %04d naming convention is used instead.
+func ExtractChapter(ctx context.Context, filePath string, keepFilenames bool) (*manga.Chapter, error) {
 	log.Debug().Str("file_path", filePath).Msg("Extracting chapter to disk")
 
 	// Create temp directory for extraction
@@ -162,6 +168,22 @@ func ExtractChapter(ctx context.Context, filePath string) (*manga.Chapter, error
 		TempDir:  tempDir,
 	}
 
+	// usedOriginalStems tracks the STEM (filename without extension) of every
+	// OriginalName handed out in this chapter so stems stay unique across
+	// pages. Tracking stems (not full names) prevents a downstream race in
+	// pkg/converter/webp: the converter strips the OriginalName extension
+	// and appends a target-format suffix (e.g. ".webp"), so two pages that
+	// share a stem but differ in extension — e.g. a/page.png and b/page.jpg
+	// (legal in zip) — would otherwise race on a single shared intermediate
+	// output path. The map covers both same-stem-same-ext collisions (e.g.
+	// a/page.png + b/page.png) and same-stem-different-ext collisions (e.g.
+	// a/page.png + b/page.jpg). Allocated lazily so the keepFilenames=false
+	// path stays allocation-free.
+	var usedOriginalStems map[string]struct{}
+	if keepFilenames {
+		usedOriginalStems = make(map[string]struct{})
+	}
+
 	// For CBZ files, read metadata from zip comment
 	pathLower := strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(filePath))
 	if pathLower == ".cbz" {
@@ -279,6 +301,9 @@ func ExtractChapter(ctx context.Context, filePath string) (*manga.Chapter, error
 			Extension: ext,
 			FilePath:  outputPath,
 		}
+		if keepFilenames {
+			page.OriginalName = allocateUniqueBaseName(archiveBaseName(path), pageIndex, usedOriginalStems)
+		}
 		chapter.Pages = append(chapter.Pages, page)
 
 		log.Debug().
@@ -319,9 +344,76 @@ func isJunkFile(path string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// LoadChapter extracts the chapter from a CBZ/CBR file to disk.
-// It delegates to ExtractChapter and always extracts all pages.
-// Use IsAlreadyConverted for a fast conversion status check without extraction.
-func LoadChapter(filePath string) (*manga.Chapter, error) {
-	return ExtractChapter(context.Background(), filePath)
+// archiveBaseName returns the bare base name of an archive entry, with
+// Windows-style backslash separators normalized to forward slashes before
+// the last-segment split. The archives library surfaces zip entry names
+// verbatim, so a name like "..\evil.png" (common from Windows-created
+// archives) would otherwise pass through filepath.Base unchanged on non-
+// Windows hosts and be written into the output CBZ as a path-traversal
+// shape. Normalizing the separators first and then taking the segment
+// after the final one guarantees the returned name is a bare base name
+// with no directory components, no backslashes, and no forward slashes —
+// which is what the downstream writer expects as a safe ZIP entry name.
+//
+// This intentionally does NOT touch filepath.Base calls in isJunkFile or
+// the ComicInfo.xml / converted.txt detection: those comparisons just
+// fail to match, and the entry then falls through to the non-image
+// extension filter, so no traversal-shaped data escapes the loader.
+func archiveBaseName(path string) string {
+	normalized := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "\\", "/")
+	if idx := strings.LastIndex(normalized, "/"); idx >= 0 {
+		return normalized[idx+1:]
+	}
+	return normalized
+}
+
+// allocateUniqueBaseName returns baseName when its stem is not already taken
+// by an earlier page in this chapter, or a collision-resolved variant
+// otherwise.
+//
+// Stem-uniqueness contract: the function guarantees that the STEM
+// (filename without extension) of the returned OriginalName is unique
+// among all names previously handed out from this chapter. That contract
+// matches what downstream code relies on —
+// pkg/converter/webp.intermediatePageName strips the OriginalName's
+// extension and appends a target-format suffix (e.g. ".webp"), so two
+// OriginalNames that share a stem would otherwise race on a single
+// intermediate output path. The stem is computed the same way downstream
+// does it (strings.TrimSuffix(name, filepath.Ext(name))) to keep both
+// definitions in lock-step.
+//
+// On collision the resolved name matches the existing fallback style used
+// by cbz_creator's resolvePageName: stem + "_%04d" + extension. The loop
+// checks the CANDIDATE's stem (not the full generated name) so two files
+// that share a stem but differ in extension — e.g. "page.png" and
+// "page.jpg" — resolve to, e.g., "page.png" and "page_0001.jpg", each
+// preserving its original extension. The starting suffix is pageIndex so
+// the resolved name stays in the same neighborhood as the page's archive
+// position. If the candidate's stem is itself already taken
+// (astronomically rare: the source archive would need both the original
+// name and a matching indexed name), the suffix is incremented until a
+// free stem is found. The chosen name's stem is recorded in usedStems so
+// subsequent calls cannot pick it again.
+func allocateUniqueBaseName(baseName string, pageIndex uint16, usedStems map[string]struct{}) string {
+	ext := filepath.Ext(baseName)
+	stem := strings.TrimSuffix(baseName, ext)
+	if _, taken := usedStems[stem]; !taken {
+		usedStems[stem] = struct{}{}
+		return baseName
+	}
+	for suffix := int(pageIndex); ; suffix++ {
+		candidateStem := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%04d", stem, suffix)
+		if _, taken := usedStems[candidateStem]; !taken {
+			usedStems[candidateStem] = struct{}{}
+			return candidateStem + ext
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// LoadChapter extracts the chapter from a CBZ/CBR file to disk.
+// It delegates to ExtractChapter with keepFilenames=false and always
+// extracts all pages. Use IsAlreadyConverted for a fast conversion status
+// check without extraction.
+func LoadChapter(filePath string) (*manga.Chapter, error) {
+	return ExtractChapter(context.Background(), filePath, false)
 }
diff --git a/internal/cbz/cbz_loader_test.go b/internal/cbz/cbz_loader_test.go
index 588bce2..6ccae6a 100644
--- a/internal/cbz/cbz_loader_test.go
+++ b/internal/cbz/cbz_loader_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -157,12 +159,12 @@ func TestIsAlreadyConverted_CBZWithNonDateComment(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExtractChapter_NonexistentFile(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "/nonexistent/file.cbz")
+	_, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "/nonexistent/file.cbz", false)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestExtractChapter_PageExtensions(t *testing.T) {
-	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz")
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz", false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
 
@@ -174,17 +176,260 @@ func TestExtractChapter_PageExtensions(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExtractChapter_PagesHaveSequentialIndices(t *testing.T) {
-	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz")
+	t.Run("default sequential naming", func(t *testing.T) {
+		chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz", false)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
+
+		for i, page := range chapter.Pages {
+			assert.Equal(t, uint16(i), page.Index)
+			assert.Empty(t, page.OriginalName, "keep-filenames disabled: OriginalName must stay empty")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("keep-filenames records OriginalName", func(t *testing.T) {
+		chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz", true)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
+
+		require.NotEmpty(t, chapter.Pages)
+		for i, page := range chapter.Pages {
+			assert.Equal(t, uint16(i), page.Index)
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, page.OriginalName, "keep-filenames enabled: OriginalName must be set for every page")
+			// OriginalName must be a bare base name (no directory prefix), even
+			// when the source archive nests pages in subdirectories.
+			assert.Equal(t, filepath.Base(page.OriginalName), page.OriginalName,
+				"OriginalName should be a base filename with no path components")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// writeCollisionCBZ builds a CBZ containing the same image base name in two
+// different subdirectories plus a normal unique page. The test fixture is
+// specifically crafted to reproduce the race fixed in ExtractChapter: when
+// keep-filenames naively copied filepath.Base(path) into OriginalName, both
+// a/page.png and b/page.png would have ended up with the same stem and the
+// WebP converter would have raced on a single shared intermediate path.
+func writeCollisionCBZ(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	cbzPath := filepath.Join(dir, "collisions.cbz")
+	f, err := os.Create(cbzPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	w := zip.NewWriter(f)
+
+	for _, entry := range []string{"a/page.png", "b/page.png", "cover.png"} {
+		fw, err := w.Create(entry)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = fw.Write([]byte("dummy image bytes for " + entry))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
+	return cbzPath
+}
+
+func TestExtractChapter_KeepFilenames_DeduplicatesCollidingNames(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	cbzPath := writeCollisionCBZ(t, tmpDir)
+
+	t.Run("keep-filenames resolves colliding base names", func(t *testing.T) {
+		chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), cbzPath, true)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
+
+		require.Len(t, chapter.Pages, 3, "expected 3 pages: two colliding + one unique")
+
+		// All OriginalNames must be non-empty bare base names and unique.
+		seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(chapter.Pages))
+		for _, page := range chapter.Pages {
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, page.OriginalName, "page %d must have OriginalName set", page.Index)
+			assert.Equal(t, filepath.Base(page.OriginalName), page.OriginalName,
+				"page %d OriginalName should be a bare base filename", page.Index)
+			if _, dup := seen[page.OriginalName]; dup {
+				t.Errorf("duplicate OriginalName across pages: %q", page.OriginalName)
+			}
+			seen[page.OriginalName] = struct{}{}
+		}
+
+		// The unique page keeps its original name; the two colliding pages
+		// must come out as one bare "page.png" and one indexed variant.
+		assert.Contains(t, seen, "page.png", "one colliding page should keep the bare page.png name")
+		assert.Contains(t, seen, "cover.png", "the unique page should keep its original name")
+
+		indexedPattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^page_\d{4}\.png$`)
+		indexedCount := 0
+		for name := range seen {
+			if indexedPattern.MatchString(name) {
+				indexedCount++
+			}
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, indexedCount,
+			"exactly one colliding page should be resolved to the page_NNNN.png pattern, got %v", seen)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("keep-filenames off leaves OriginalName empty (regression guard)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Same collision-prone archive, but with keep-filenames off: the
+		// dedup logic must not run, so OriginalName stays empty for every
+		// page. This is the historical default and must not regress.
+		chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), cbzPath, false)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
+
+		require.Len(t, chapter.Pages, 3)
+		for _, page := range chapter.Pages {
+			assert.Empty(t, page.OriginalName, "page %d must have empty OriginalName when keep-filenames is off", page.Index)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// writeBackslashCBZ builds a CBZ whose entry names mix Windows-style
+// backslash separators with a normal forward-slash page. The fixture
+// reproduces the CodeRabbit finding for PR #217: archive entries like
+// "subdir\page.png" and "..\evil.png" must not surface verbatim as the
+// OriginalName written into the output CBZ, since Windows ZIP consumers
+// can interpret backslashes as path traversal.
+func writeBackslashCBZ(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	cbzPath := filepath.Join(dir, "backslash.cbz")
+	f, err := os.Create(cbzPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	w := zip.NewWriter(f)
+
+	// archive/zip stores entry names verbatim, so the bytes on the wire
+	// carry the backslashes through to fs.WalkDir in ExtractChapter.
+	for _, entry := range []string{`subdir\page.png`, `..\evil.png`, "cover.png"} {
+		fw, err := w.Create(entry)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = fw.Write([]byte("dummy image bytes for " + entry))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
+	return cbzPath
+}
+
+func TestExtractChapter_KeepFilenames_NormalizesWindowsSeparators(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	cbzPath := writeBackslashCBZ(t, tmpDir)
+
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), cbzPath, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
 
-	for i, page := range chapter.Pages {
-		assert.Equal(t, uint16(i), page.Index)
+	require.Len(t, chapter.Pages, 3, "expected 3 pages: two backslash entries + one normal")
+
+	// Every OriginalName must be a bare base name: no backslashes, no
+	// forward slashes, and unique across the chapter.
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(chapter.Pages))
+	for _, page := range chapter.Pages {
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, page.OriginalName, "page %d must have OriginalName set", page.Index)
+		assert.NotContains(t, page.OriginalName, `\`, "page %d OriginalName must not contain backslash, got %q", page.Index, page.OriginalName)
+		assert.NotContains(t, page.OriginalName, "/", "page %d OriginalName must not contain forward slash, got %q", page.Index, page.OriginalName)
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Base(page.OriginalName), page.OriginalName,
+			"page %d OriginalName should be a bare base filename", page.Index)
+		if _, dup := seen[page.OriginalName]; dup {
+			t.Errorf("duplicate OriginalName across pages: %q", page.OriginalName)
+		}
+		seen[page.OriginalName] = struct{}{}
 	}
+
+	// The two backslash entries must collapse to their bare bases; the
+	// "..\evil.png" entry's leading "..\evil" must not be carried through.
+	assert.Contains(t, seen, "page.png", "subdir\\page.png should normalize to bare page.png")
+	assert.Contains(t, seen, "evil.png", "..\\evil.png should normalize to bare evil.png")
+	assert.Contains(t, seen, "cover.png", "cover.png should pass through unchanged")
+}
+
+// writeSameStemDifferentExtCBZ builds a CBZ containing two same-stem pages
+// with different extensions plus a distinct unique page. The fixture
+// reproduces the CodeRabbit finding for PR #217: a/page.png and b/page.jpg
+// share a stem but do NOT share a full filename, so naive full-name
+// deduplication lets both OriginalNames through and the WebP converter then
+// races on a single shared intermediate output path (outputDir/page.webp).
+// The fix flips the dedup tracking to STEM-uniqueness, so one of the
+// colliding pair must come out as a bare "page.<ext>" and the other as
+// "page_NNNN.<ext>" — each preserving its original extension.
+func writeSameStemDifferentExtCBZ(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	cbzPath := filepath.Join(dir, "same_stem.cbz")
+	f, err := os.Create(cbzPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	w := zip.NewWriter(f)
+
+	for _, entry := range []string{"a/page.png", "b/page.jpg", "cover.png"} {
+		fw, err := w.Create(entry)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = fw.Write([]byte("dummy image bytes for " + entry))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
+	return cbzPath
+}
+
+func TestExtractChapter_KeepFilenames_DeduplicatesSameStemDifferentExtensions(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	cbzPath := writeSameStemDifferentExtCBZ(t, tmpDir)
+
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), cbzPath, true)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
+
+	require.Len(t, chapter.Pages, 3, "expected 3 pages: two same-stem + one unique")
+
+	// Every OriginalName must be a bare base name; full names AND stems
+	// must each be unique across the chapter. The stem-uniqueness check is
+	// the contract the WebP converter relies on (it strips the extension
+	// and appends ".webp" when computing intermediatePageName).
+	seenNames := make(map[string]struct{}, len(chapter.Pages))
+	seenStems := make(map[string]struct{}, len(chapter.Pages))
+	for _, page := range chapter.Pages {
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, page.OriginalName, "page %d must have OriginalName set", page.Index)
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Base(page.OriginalName), page.OriginalName,
+			"page %d OriginalName should be a bare base filename", page.Index)
+		if _, dup := seenNames[page.OriginalName]; dup {
+			t.Errorf("duplicate OriginalName full name across pages: %q", page.OriginalName)
+		}
+		seenNames[page.OriginalName] = struct{}{}
+
+		stem := strings.TrimSuffix(page.OriginalName, filepath.Ext(page.OriginalName))
+		if _, dup := seenStems[stem]; dup {
+			t.Errorf("duplicate OriginalName stem across pages: %q (from %q)", stem, page.OriginalName)
+		}
+		seenStems[stem] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	// The unique page keeps its original name untouched.
+	assert.Contains(t, seenNames, "cover.png", "the unique page should keep its original name")
+
+	// The colliding pair must split into one bare "page.<ext>" and one
+	// "page_NNNN.<ext>". The extensions must differ — each must keep the
+	// extension of the archive entry it came from. Walk order is not
+	// guaranteed, so the test checks both shapes regardless of which
+	// entry comes first.
+	barePattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^page\.(png|jpg)$`)
+	indexedPattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^page_\d{4}\.(png|jpg)$`)
+
+	var bareExt, indexedExt string
+	for name := range seenNames {
+		if barePattern.MatchString(name) {
+			bareExt = filepath.Ext(name)
+		}
+		if indexedPattern.MatchString(name) {
+			indexedExt = filepath.Ext(name)
+		}
+	}
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, bareExt,
+		"expected one bare page.<ext> OriginalName from the colliding pair, got %v", seenNames)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, indexedExt,
+		"expected one page_NNNN.<ext> OriginalName from the colliding pair, got %v", seenNames)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, bareExt, indexedExt,
+		"the bare and indexed variants must keep their original different extensions, got bare=%q indexed=%q",
+		bareExt, indexedExt)
 }
 
 func TestExtractChapter_Cleanup(t *testing.T) {
-	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz")
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 128.cbz", false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	tempDir := chapter.TempDir
@@ -199,7 +444,7 @@ func TestExtractChapter_Cleanup(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExtractChapter_CBR(t *testing.T) {
-	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 1.cbr")
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 1.cbr", false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
 
@@ -212,7 +457,7 @@ func TestExtractChapter_CBR(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExtractChapter_ConvertedStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 10_converted.cbz")
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), "../../testdata/Chapter 10_converted.cbz", false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
 
@@ -356,7 +601,7 @@ func TestExtractChapter_WithConvertedTxt(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = w.Close()
 	_ = f.Close()
 
-	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), cbzPath)
+	chapter, err := ExtractChapter(context.Background(), cbzPath, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() { _ = chapter.Cleanup() }()
 
diff --git a/internal/manga/page.go b/internal/manga/page.go
index 5d42ea6..a3dae2d 100644
--- a/internal/manga/page.go
+++ b/internal/manga/page.go
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ type PageFile struct {
 	IsSplitted bool
 	// SplitPartIndex is the part index when the page was split.
 	SplitPartIndex uint16
+	// OriginalName is the base filename (e.g. "page01.png") of the page as
+	// it appeared in the source archive, recorded when the --keep-filenames
+	// flag is enabled. Empty when the flag is off or the source name is
+	// unknown. When set, downstream code uses this stem (with the final
+	// Extension swapped in) instead of the default %04d sequential name.
+	OriginalName string
 }
diff --git a/internal/utils/optimize.go b/internal/utils/optimize.go
index b0c380d..d8f2591 100644
--- a/internal/utils/optimize.go
+++ b/internal/utils/optimize.go
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ type OptimizeOptions struct {
 	Quality          uint8
 	Override         bool
 	Split            bool
-	Timeout          time.Duration
+	// KeepFilenames preserves the original base filename of each page inside
+	// the output CBZ (with the extension swapped for format conversion)
+	// instead of the historical %04d sequential naming. Off by default so
+	// existing behavior is unchanged.
+	KeepFilenames bool
+	Timeout       time.Duration
 }
 
 // Optimize optimizes a CBZ/CBR file using the specified converter.
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ func Optimize(options *OptimizeOptions) error {
 		Uint8("quality", options.Quality).
 		Bool("override", options.Override).
 		Bool("split", options.Split).
+		Bool("keep_filenames", options.KeepFilenames).
 		Msg("Optimization parameters")
 
 	// Step 1: Fast conversion check before extracting (new requirement)
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ func Optimize(options *OptimizeOptions) error {
 		extractCtx = context.Background()
 	}
 
-	chapter, err := cbz.ExtractChapter(extractCtx, options.Path)
+	chapter, err := cbz.ExtractChapter(extractCtx, options.Path, options.KeepFilenames)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Str("file", options.Path).Err(err).Msg("Failed to extract chapter")
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to extract chapter: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter.go b/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter.go
index bf04d1a..97d400e 100644
--- a/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter.go
+++ b/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter.go
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@ import (
 
 const webpMaxHeight = 16383
 
+// intermediatePageName returns the on-disk filename used for a page's WebP
+// intermediate during conversion. When the page carries an OriginalName
+// (recorded by --keep-filenames), its stem is reused so the temp file line
+// up with the name the archive writer will pick. Otherwise the historical
+// %04d indexed naming is kept. The splitSuffix argument is appended verbatim
+// after the stem (e.g. "-00", "-01") for split parts and is empty for the
+// happy-path single output. A leading dash is only added when both the
+// split suffix and the original-name stem are present, so the indexed form
+// stays as %04d-%02d.
+func intermediatePageName(page *manga.PageFile, splitSuffix string) string {
+	if page.OriginalName != "" {
+		stem := strings.TrimSuffix(page.OriginalName, filepath.Ext(page.OriginalName))
+		return stem + splitSuffix + ".webp"
+	}
+	if splitSuffix == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%04d.webp", page.Index)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%04d%s.webp", page.Index, splitSuffix)
+}
+
 type Converter struct {
 	maxHeight  int
 	cropHeight int
@@ -218,22 +238,26 @@ func (converter *Converter) convertPageFile(ctx context.Context, page *manga.Pag
 		Str("input", page.FilePath).
 		Msg("Converting page file")
 
-	// If the page is already WebP, just return it as-is
+	// If the page is already WebP, just return it as-is. The returned page
+	// keeps any OriginalName set during extraction so the archive writer can
+	// honor --keep-filenames for the final entry name.
 	if strings.ToLower(page.Extension) == ".webp" {
 		log.Debug().Uint16("page_index", page.Index).Msg("Page already WebP, skipping")
 		return []*manga.PageFile{page}, nil
 	}
 
 	// Try direct file-to-file conversion first (happy path — no memory allocation)
-	outputPath := filepath.Join(outputDir, fmt.Sprintf("%04d.webp", page.Index))
+	outputPath := filepath.Join(outputDir, intermediatePageName(page, ""))
 	err := EncodeFile(page.FilePath, outputPath, uint(quality))
 
 	if err == nil {
-		// Success! No image decoding needed.
+		// Success! No image decoding needed. Preserve OriginalName so
+		// --keep-filenames carries through to the final zip entry name.
 		return []*manga.PageFile{{
-			Index:     page.Index,
-			Extension: ".webp",
-			FilePath:  outputPath,
+			Index:        page.Index,
+			Extension:    ".webp",
+			FilePath:     outputPath,
+			OriginalName: page.OriginalName,
 		}}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -316,7 +340,7 @@ func (converter *Converter) splitAndConvert(ctx context.Context, page *manga.Pag
 			partHeight = height - yOffset
 		}
 
-		outputPath := filepath.Join(outputDir, fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d.webp", page.Index, i))
+		outputPath := filepath.Join(outputDir, intermediatePageName(page, fmt.Sprintf("-%02d", i)))
 		err := EncodeFileWithCrop(page.FilePath, outputPath, uint(quality), 0, yOffset, width, partHeight)
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -334,6 +358,7 @@ func (converter *Converter) splitAndConvert(ctx context.Context, page *manga.Pag
 			FilePath:       outputPath,
 			IsSplitted:     true,
 			SplitPartIndex: uint16(i),
+			OriginalName:   page.OriginalName,
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter_test.go b/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter_test.go
index cc28a59..76af3d1 100644
--- a/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/converter/webp/webp_converter_test.go
@@ -485,3 +485,36 @@ func TestEncodeFileWithCrop(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Greater(t, info.Size(), int64(0))
 }
+
+// TestIntermediatePageName_StemsAreUnique pins the contract that
+// intermediatePageName must produce a different on-disk filename for two
+// pages whose OriginalNames share a stem via the original archive entry
+// name. ExtractChapter guarantees stem-unique OriginalNames per chapter
+// (so, e.g., a/page.png and b/page.jpg come out as "page.png" and
+// "page_0001.jpg"), and the converter must reflect that: stripping the
+// extension and appending ".webp" must not collapse two distinct stems
+// onto the same intermediate path.
+func TestIntermediatePageName_StemsAreUnique(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		originalName string
+		splitSuffix  string
+	}{
+		{name: "bare stem", originalName: "page.png", splitSuffix: ""},
+		{name: "indexed stem (post-fix)", originalName: "page_0001.jpg", splitSuffix: ""},
+		{name: "bare stem + split suffix", originalName: "page.png", splitSuffix: "-00"},
+		{name: "indexed stem + split suffix", originalName: "page_0001.jpg", splitSuffix: "-00"},
+	}
+
+	names := make(map[string]struct{}, len(tests))
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			page := &manga.PageFile{Index: 0, OriginalName: tt.originalName}
+			got := intermediatePageName(page, tt.splitSuffix)
+			if _, dup := names[got]; dup {
+				t.Errorf("intermediate name %q collides with an earlier page's intermediate name", got)
+			}
+			names[got] = struct{}{}
+		})
+	}
+}