diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
index 937cb01..2fc5c8f 100755
--- a/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/ripnews.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ def save_file(dir, name, data)
 	if @config[group].has_key?("ASCIIFILENAMES") && @config[group]["ASCIIFILENAMES"]
 		require 'iconv'
 		nname = Iconv.conv("ASCII//TRANSLIT", "UTF-8", nname)
+		# shit that gets through...
+		nname.gsub!('#{146.chr}', "")
 	end
 ###	nname.gsub!(/Ä/, "A"); nname.gsub!(/ä/, "a")
 ###	nname.gsub!(/Á/, "A"); nname.gsub!(/á/, "a")