diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index 0f356aa4f4a..db41b411d12 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -108,11 +108,10 @@
 
 // Used to get a sanitized input.
 /proc/stripped_input(mob/user, message = "", title = "", default = "", max_length=MAX_MESSAGE_LEN, no_trim=FALSE)
-	var/name = input(user, message, title, default) as text|null
-	if(no_trim)
-		return copytext(html_encode(name), 1, max_length)
-	else
-		return trim(html_encode(name), max_length) //trim is "outside" because html_encode can expand single symbols into multiple symbols (such as turning < into &lt;)
+	var/name = html_encode(input(user, message, title, default) as text|null)
+	if(!no_trim)
+		name = trim(name) //trim is "outside" because html_encode can expand single symbols into multiple symbols (such as turning < into &lt;)
+	return copytext(name, 1, max_length)
 
 // Uses client.typing to check if the popup should appear or not
 /proc/typing_input(mob/user, message = "", title = "", default = "")