diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index 9edfa40de0c..a01887727c1 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  */
 
 // Run all strings to be used in an SQL query through this proc first to properly escape out injection attempts.
-/proc/sanitizeSQL(t as text)
-	var/sqltext = dbcon.Quote(t);
+/proc/sanitizeSQL(t)
+	var/sqltext = dbcon.Quote("[t]");
 	return copytext(sqltext, 2, lentext(sqltext));//Quote() adds quotes around input, we already do that
 
 /proc/format_table_name(table as text)
@@ -553,4 +553,4 @@ var/list/binary = list("0","1")
 
 	var/list/tosend = list()
 	tosend["data"] = finalized
-	log << json_encode(tosend)
\ No newline at end of file
+	log << json_encode(tosend)