diff --git a/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp b/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp
index f24103626591a8f779d42341cb26be41100533be..8b73f8a35f5a203e2feba59cf7c3408fd1c423b0 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/writemsg.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void quotestr(char *str)
 	j=strlen(str);
 	while(j && (str[j-1]==SP || str[j-1]==LF || str[j-1]==CR)) j--;
 	str[j]=0;
-	remove_ctrl_a(str);
+	remove_ctrl_a(str,NULL);
 }
 
 void sbbs_t::editor_inf(int xeditnum,char *dest, char *title, long mode