diff --git a/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index d380f5a0..c52f3217 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.4.1.1222")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.4.1.1222")]
\ No newline at end of file
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.4.1.1223")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.4.1.1223")]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
index 9f597025..ba5053b2 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 {
                     foo = foo.Replace("%map%", Main.worldName);
                     foo = foo.Replace("%players%", GetPlayers());
+                    foo = SanitizeString(foo);
                     if (foo.Substring(0, 1) == "%" && foo.Substring(12, 1) == "%") //Look for a beginning color code.
                     {
                         string possibleColor = foo.Substring(0, 13);
@@ -611,5 +612,16 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             }
             return 1000;
         }
+
+        public string SanitizeString(string str)
+        {
+            var returnstr = str.ToCharArray();
+            for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (!ValidString(str[i].ToString()))
+                    returnstr[i] = ' ';
+            }
+            return returnstr.ToString();
+        }
     }
 }