diff --git a/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs b/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs
index 34060646..466bc4f2 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.235
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.1
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ namespace TShockAPI {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to  !&quot;#$%&amp;&apos;()*+,-./0123456789:;&lt;=&gt;?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~€‚ƒ„…///†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string mousefontchars {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("mousefontchars", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to #format
         ///#ip group
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Resources.resx b/TShockAPI/Resources.resx
index 21b8b3ab..7aca9391 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Resources.resx
+++ b/TShockAPI/Resources.resx
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@
   <data name="itembans" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>config\itembans.txt;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;utf-8</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="mousefontchars" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
+    <value>config\mousefontchars.txt;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;utf-8</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="users" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>config\users.txt;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;Windows-1252</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index ae52c4b8..a94b4d31 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -319,6 +319,16 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 return;
             }
 
+            foreach (var character in text)
+            {
+                if (Resources.mousefontchars.IndexOf(character) == -1)
+                {
+                    Tools.HandleCheater(tsplr, "Attempted to crash clients");
+                    e.Handled = true;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
             if (msg.whoAmI != ply)
             {
                 e.Handled = Tools.HandleGriefer(tsplr, "Faking Chat");
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj b/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
index 5ecf8d47..a2cc337c 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
     </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="config\mousefontchars.txt" />
     <Content Include="config\itembans.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
diff --git a/TShockAPI/config/mousefontchars.txt b/TShockAPI/config/mousefontchars.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..326a1642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TShockAPI/config/mousefontchars.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©
\ No newline at end of file