diff --git a/tools/github_webhook_processor.php b/tools/github_webhook_processor.php
index d471f57f9e6..766f0310302 100644
--- a/tools/github_webhook_processor.php
+++ b/tools/github_webhook_processor.php
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ function checkchangelog($payload, $merge = false) {
 	if (!count($changelogbody))
 		return;
 
-	$file = 'author: '.$username."\n";
+	$file = 'author: '.trim(str_replace(array("\\", '"'), array("\\\\", "\\\""), $username))."\n";
 	$file .= "delete-after: True\n";
 	$file .= "changes: \n";
 	foreach ($changelogbody as $changelogitem) {