diff --git a/src/PAMI/Message/Message.php b/src/PAMI/Message/Message.php
index 52145679..878bea98 100644
--- a/src/PAMI/Message/Message.php
+++ b/src/PAMI/Message/Message.php
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ protected function sanitizeInput($value)
             if (strcasecmp($value, 'off') === 0 || strcasecmp($value, 'false') === 0 || strcasecmp($value, 'no') === 0) {
                 return (boolean)false;
             }
-            if (filter_var($value, FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)) {
+            if (filter_var($value, FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW, FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)) {
                 return (string)htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES);
             }
             throw new PAMIException("Incoming String is not sanitary. Skipping: '" . $value . "'\n");