diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 1fdbc6fc20..f1169aeb41 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ function item_store($arr) {
 	// they came through. 
 
 	$arr['body']          = str_replace(
-								array('&','>','<'),
-								array('&'    ,'>'    ,'<'),
+								array('&', '>', '<', '"'),
+								array('&'    , '>'    , '<',     '&quot'),
 								$arr['body']
 							);