diff --git a/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm b/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm
index f8e5fa4b2c8..0668e79a556 100644
--- a/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm
+++ b/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	return t
 
 /proc/strip_html_simple(var/t,var/limit=MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
-	var/list/strip_chars = list("<",">")
+	var/list/strip_chars = list("<",">","&","'")
 	t = copytext(t,1,limit)
 	for(var/char in strip_chars)
 		var/index = findtext(t, char)
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ proc/get_opposite(var/checkdir)
 		var/a = copytext(text,i,i+1)
 		if(a == character)
 			count++
-	return count
+	return count
 
 /proc/reverse_direction(var/dir)
 	switch(dir)