diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a9e39fb..4d96623 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function count_urls($mysqli) {
 }
 
 function generate_short($url, $mysqli) {
-	$url = stripslashes($url);
+	$url = mysqli_real_escape_string($mysqli, $url);
 	if(!preg_match("/^((https?|ftp)[:\/\/].*\/{2,})/i",$url)) {
 		return false;
 	}