diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 5c098fa10..289ae3648 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@
 							$tag = db_escape_string($tag);
 
 							$tag = str_replace("+", " ", $tag);	
+							$tag = str_replace("\"", "", $tag);	
 							$tag = str_replace("technorati tag: ", "", $tag);
 
 							if (!tag_is_valid($tag)) continue;