diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction.kt b/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction.kt
index f7ea062..2e9cacf 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/de/idetools/filename_template/CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.awt.event.InputEvent
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.time.ZoneOffset
 import java.util.function.Consumer
+import kotlin.math.max
 
 class CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction(
     text: String,
@@ -52,7 +53,47 @@ class CreateFileWithFilenameTemplateAction(
     }
 
     private fun processTemplate(template: String): String {
-        val epoch = LocalDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).toEpochSecond(ZoneOffset.UTC)
-        return template.replace("{EPOCH}", epoch.toString())
+        var placeholderLevel = 0
+        var placeholder = ""
+        var filename = ""
+
+        for (character in template) {
+            when (character) {
+                '{' -> {
+                    if (0 < placeholderLevel) {
+                        placeholder += character
+                    }
+
+                    placeholderLevel += 1
+                }
+                '}' -> {
+                    if (placeholderLevel == 1) {
+                        filename += processPlaceholder(placeholder)
+                        placeholder = ""
+                    }
+
+                    placeholderLevel = max(0, placeholderLevel - 1)
+
+                    if (0 < placeholderLevel) {
+                        placeholder += character
+                    }
+                }
+                else -> {
+                    if (0 < placeholderLevel) {
+                        placeholder += character
+                    } else {
+                        filename += character
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return filename
     }
+
+    private fun processPlaceholder(placeholder: String): String =
+        when (placeholder) {
+            "EPOCH" -> LocalDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC).toEpochSecond(ZoneOffset.UTC).toString()
+            else -> "{$placeholder}"
+        }
 }