diff --git a/lorebot/botfunc.go b/lorebot/botfunc.go
index 18941f1..4f5ae6f 100644
--- a/lorebot/botfunc.go
+++ b/lorebot/botfunc.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ func loreCheck(searchTerm, searchType string, redisClient *redis.Client) (string
 func loreNewString(nick, newString, newType string, redisClient *redis.Client) error {
 	s := strings.SplitN(newString, " ", 2)
 	command, content := s[0], []byte(s[1])
+	stripContent := strings.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%s", content), "<", "", -1)
+	stripLinks := strings.Replace(stripContent, ">", "", -1)
 
 	t := time.Now()
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ func loreNewString(nick, newString, newType string, redisClient *redis.Client) e
 
 	// create the redis hash
 	_, err := redisClient.HMSet(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", newType, command), map[string]string{
-		"content": string(content),
+		"content": stripLinks,
 		"cdate":   cdate,
 		"owner":   nick,
 	}).Result()
diff --git a/lorebot/lorebot.go b/lorebot/lorebot.go
index 31cf72a..66e3d6c 100644
--- a/lorebot/lorebot.go
+++ b/lorebot/lorebot.go
@@ -320,11 +320,12 @@ func lorestatus(rtm *slack.RTM, ev *slack.MessageEvent, redisClient *redis.Clien
 
 func newhandler(rtm *slack.RTM, ev *slack.MessageEvent, message, newType string, redisClient *redis.Client) {
 	// dont allow certain chars
-	if strings.ContainsAny(message, ";:,.'\"!$%^*()/\\") {
-		// reject user input, it has unwanted chars
-		rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage("entry could not be created, unwanted characters", ev.Channel))
-		return
-	}
+	//if strings.ContainsAny(message, ";:,.'\"!$%^*()/\\") {
+	//	// reject user input, it has unwanted chars
+	//	rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage("entry could not be created, unwanted characters", ev.Channel))
+	//	return
+	//}
+
 	// get nick from slack api
 	user, err := rtm.GetUserInfo(ev.User)
 	if err != nil {