diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
index b93c8dabf1..edf95dc47e 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(ahelp_tickets, /datum/admin_help_tickets, new)
 //message from the initiator without a target, all admins will see this
 //won't bug irc
 /datum/admin_help/proc/MessageNoRecipient(msg)
+	msg = sanitize(copytext_char(msg, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	var/ref_src = "[REF(src)]"
 	//Message to be sent to all admins
 	var/admin_msg = "<span class='adminnotice'><span class='adminhelp'>Ticket [TicketHref("#[id]", ref_src)]</span><b>: [LinkedReplyName(ref_src)] [FullMonty(ref_src)]:</b> <span class='linkify'>[keywords_lookup(msg)]</span></span>"