diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index af77addeab0..adee6bb7c89 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 
 // Run all strings to be used in an SQL query through this proc first to properly escape out injection attempts.
 /proc/sanitizeSQL(var/t as text)
-	var/sanitized_text = replacetext(t, "'", "\\'")
-	sanitized_text = replacetext(sanitized_text, "\"", "\\\"")
-	return sanitized_text
+	return dbcon.Quote(t);
 
 /*
  * Text sanitization