diff --git a/mapinfo_stoat.js b/mapinfo_stoat.js
index b4e8cd7..ac59605 100644
--- a/mapinfo_stoat.js
+++ b/mapinfo_stoat.js
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ async function checkNewMessages(channel_selected, admin_chat_bool) {
 
             if (!author || author.bot) continue;
 
-            const content = message.content || "";
-            const username = author.username || "Unknown";
+            const content = sanitizeForRcon(message.content) || "";
+            const username = sanitizeForRcon(author.username) || "Unknown";
 
             //console.log(`[New] ${username}: ${content}`);
             if (channel_selected == channel_livechat || channel_selected == channel_adminchat_ze)
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ async function checkNewMessages(channel_selected, admin_chat_bool) {
     }
 }
 
+function sanitizeForRcon(str, maxLength = 200) {
+    if (typeof str !== 'string') return '';
+    return str
+        .replace(/[^\w\s.,!?'\-]/g, '') // keep only safe chars, strip everything else
+        .trim()
+        .slice(0, maxLength);
+}
+
+
 var lastProcessedMessageId_rcon_ze = null;
 async function checkNewMessages_rcon_ze() {
     try {