diff --git a/src/includes/class/class.LSlang.php b/src/includes/class/class.LSlang.php
index 79a9e64c..afcc580a 100644
--- a/src/includes/class/class.LSlang.php
+++ b/src/includes/class/class.LSlang.php
@@ -822,8 +822,8 @@ function _cli_output_php($fd) {
  * @return string The cleaned string
  */
 function _cli_clean_for_pot_file($val) {
-  $val = str_replace('"', '\\"', $val);
-  return str_replace("\n", "\\n", $val);
+  $val = preg_replace('/([^\\\\])"/', '$1\"', $val);
+  return str_replace("\n", '\n', $val);
 }
 
 /**