diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index 15d93b5563..1a0c8b50e7 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 // 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/sqltext = dbcon.Quote(t);
-	return copytext(sqltext, 2, lentext(sqltext)-1);//Quote() adds quotes around input, we already do that
+	return copytext(sqltext, 2, lentext(sqltext));//Quote() adds quotes around input, we already do that
 
 /*
  * Text sanitization
@@ -302,4 +302,4 @@ proc/checkhtml(var/t)
 	var/new_text = ""
 	for(var/i = length(text); i > 0; i--)
 		new_text += copytext(text, i, i+1)
-	return new_text
+	return new_text