diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 173e9b8..bd1649b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anda_bot"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 dependencies = [
  "agent-twitter-client",
  "anda_core",
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anda_engine"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 dependencies = [
  "anda_core",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/agents/anda_bot/Cargo.toml b/agents/anda_bot/Cargo.toml
index b3af486..c24cf83 100644
--- a/agents/anda_bot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/agents/anda_bot/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "anda_bot"
 description = "I'm Anda ICP, Digital panda 🐼 by Anda framework. Secured in TEE, memories on ICP chain.✨"
 repository = "https://github.com/ldclabs/anda/tree/main/agents/anda_bot"
 publish = false
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 edition.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 categories.workspace = true
diff --git a/agents/anda_bot/nitro_enclave/amd64.Dockerfile b/agents/anda_bot/nitro_enclave/amd64.Dockerfile
index 6926b39..9f530c1 100644
--- a/agents/anda_bot/nitro_enclave/amd64.Dockerfile
+++ b/agents/anda_bot/nitro_enclave/amd64.Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN chmod +x ic_tee_daemon
 RUN wget -O ic_tee_nitro_gateway https://github.com/ldclabs/ic-tee/releases/download/v0.3.0/ic_tee_nitro_gateway
 RUN chmod +x ic_tee_nitro_gateway
 
-RUN wget -O anda_bot https://github.com/ldclabs/anda/releases/download/v0.4.1/anda_bot
+RUN wget -O anda_bot https://github.com/ldclabs/anda/releases/download/v0.4.2/anda_bot
 RUN chmod +x anda_bot
 
 FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
diff --git a/agents/anda_bot/src/twitter.rs b/agents/anda_bot/src/twitter.rs
index 58ab578..53ae79c 100644
--- a/agents/anda_bot/src/twitter.rs
+++ b/agents/anda_bot/src/twitter.rs
@@ -302,12 +302,13 @@ impl TwitterDaemon {
         if res.failed_reason.is_none() {
             // Reply to the original tweet
             let tweet: Option<&str> = tweet.id.as_deref();
-            let _ = self.scraper.send_tweet(&res.content, tweet, None).await?;
+            let content = remove_quotes(res.content);
+            let _ = self.scraper.send_tweet(&content, tweet, None).await?;
 
             log::info!(
                 tweet_user = tweet_user,
                 tweet_id = tweet_id,
-                chars = res.content.chars().count(),
+                chars = content.chars().count(),
                 time_elapsed = ctx.time_elapsed().as_millis() as u64;
                 "handle mention");
         }
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ impl TwitterDaemon {
                 .character
                 .to_request(
                     "\
-                    Reply the tweet with a single clear, natural sentence.\
+                    Reply the tweet with a single clear, natural sentence. No hashtags.\
                     "
                     .to_string(),
                     ctx.user(),
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ impl TwitterDaemon {
                 None => {
                     let _ = self
                         .scraper
-                        .send_tweet(&res.content, Some(tweet_id), None)
+                        .send_tweet(&remove_quotes(res.content), Some(tweet_id), None)
                         .await?;
                     return Ok(true);
                 }
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ impl TwitterDaemon {
                 .character
                 .to_request(
                     "\
-                    Reply the tweet with a single clear, natural sentence.\
+                    Quote the tweet with a single clear, natural sentence. No hashtags.\
                     "
                     .to_string(),
                     ctx.user(),
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ impl TwitterDaemon {
                 None => {
                     let _ = self
                         .scraper
-                        .send_quote_tweet(&res.content, tweet_id, None)
+                        .send_quote_tweet(&remove_quotes(res.content), tweet_id, None)
                         .await?;
                     return Ok(true);
                 }
@@ -510,3 +511,12 @@ mod tests {
         // std::fs::write("home_timeline_tweets.json", tweets).unwrap();
     }
 }
+
+fn remove_quotes(s: String) -> String {
+    let mut chars = s.chars();
+    if chars.next() == Some('"') && chars.next_back() == Some('"') {
+        chars.collect()
+    } else {
+        s
+    }
+}
diff --git a/anda_engine/Cargo.toml b/anda_engine/Cargo.toml
index 66fad67..8012fc7 100644
--- a/anda_engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/anda_engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "anda_engine"
 description = "Agents engine for Anda -- an AI agent framework built with Rust, powered by ICP and TEEs."
 repository = "https://github.com/ldclabs/anda/tree/main/anda_engine"
 publish = true
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 edition.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 categories.workspace = true