diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/International.pm b/lib/WebGUI/International.pm
index 01f057600..8a6549fbc 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/International.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/International.pm
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ sub get {
 		$namespace = $_[1] || "WebGUI";
 		$language = $_[2] || $session{user}{language} || "English";
 	}
+	$id =~ s/[^\w\d\s\/]//g;
+	$language =~ s/[^\w\d\s]//g;
+	$namespace =~ s/[^\w\d\s]//g;
 	my $cmd = "WebGUI::i18n::".$language."::".$namespace;
 	my $load = "use ".$cmd;
 	eval($load);