diff --git a/function.inc b/function.inc
index d2f0d6458ae38cfdbc7d86203642a7acab4767f3..4caf5391cce96939cf26b8d89e650dda4fc58a94 100644
--- a/function.inc
+++ b/function.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function FixQuotes ($what = "") {
 
 function check($message) {
   include "config.inc";
-  return nl2br(strip_tags($message, $allowed_html));
+  return nl2br(strip_tags(stripslashes($message, $allowed_html)));
 }
 
 function discussion_num_replies($id, $count = 0) {