diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index 3985659b71..beb005b8d1 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 			index = findtext(t, char, index + length(char))
 	return t
 
+/proc/sanitize_name(t,list/repl_chars = null)
+	if(t == "space" || t == "floor" || t == "wall" || t == "r-wall" || t == "monkey" || t == "unknown" || t == "inactive ai")	//prevents these common metagamey names
+		alert("Invalid name.")
+		return ""
+	return sanitize(t)
+	
 /proc/sanitize_filename(t)
 	return sanitize_simple(t, list("\n"="", "\t"="", "/"="", "\\"="", "?"="", "%"="", "*"="", ":"="", "|"="", "\""="", "<"="", ">"=""))
 
@@ -775,4 +781,4 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(binary, list("0","1"))
 
 
 #define is_alpha(X) ((text2ascii(X) <= 122) && (text2ascii(X) >= 97))
-#define is_digit(X) ((length(X) == 1) && (length(text2num(X)) == 1))
\ No newline at end of file
+#define is_digit(X) ((length(X) == 1) && (length(text2num(X)) == 1))
diff --git a/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/heal.dm b/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/heal.dm
index cf14da36a0..c7b9758bcb 100644
--- a/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/heal.dm
+++ b/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/heal.dm
@@ -448,9 +448,11 @@
 	symptom_delay_max = 1
 	passive_message = "<span class='notice'>Your skin glows faintly for a moment.</span>"
 	var/cellular_damage = FALSE
-	threshold_desc = "<b>Transmission 6:</b> Additionally heals cellular damage and toxin lovers.<br>\
-					  <b>Resistance 7:</b> Increases healing speed."
-
+	threshold_desc = list(
+	"Transmission 6" = "Additionally heals cellular damage and toxin lovers.",
+	"Resistance 7" = "Increases healing speed.",
+	)
+	
 /datum/symptom/heal/radiation/Start(datum/disease/advance/A)
 	if(!..())
 		return
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/pandemic.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/pandemic.dm
index bba5371ef8..8870ef8ed5 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/pandemic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/machinery/pandemic.dm
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 			if(!A.mutable)
 				return
 			if(A)
-				var/new_name = stripped_input(usr, "Name the disease", "New name", "", MAX_NAME_LEN)
+				var/new_name = sanitize_name(html_encode(params["name"]))
 				if(!new_name || ..())
 					return
 				A.AssignName(new_name)