diff --git a/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/Ombi.Core.Tests.csproj b/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/Ombi.Core.Tests.csproj
index 8f0abee8f..30de4b6f0 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/Ombi.Core.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/Ombi.Core.Tests.csproj
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.7.99" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Nunit" Version="3.8.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit.ConsoleRunner" Version="3.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Moq" Version="4.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Nunit" Version="3.10.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NUnit.ConsoleRunner" Version="3.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.10.0" />
     <packagereference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.8.0"></packagereference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/StringHelperTests.cs b/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/StringHelperTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1b95fcd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ombi.Core.Tests/StringHelperTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Ombi.Helpers;
+
+namespace Ombi.Core.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class StringHelperTests
+    {
+        [TestCaseSource(nameof(StripCharsData))]
+        public string StripCharacters(string str, char[] chars)
+        {
+            return str.StripCharacters(chars);
+        }
+
+        private static IEnumerable<TestCaseData> StripCharsData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                yield return new TestCaseData("this!is^a*string",new []{'!','^','*'}).Returns("thisisastring").SetName("Basic Strip Multipe Chars");
+                yield return new TestCaseData("What is this madness'",new []{'\'','^','*'}).Returns("What is this madness").SetName("Basic Strip Multipe Chars");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ombi.Helpers/StringHelper.cs b/src/Ombi.Helpers/StringHelper.cs
index aba120c65..2dad81015 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Helpers/StringHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Helpers/StringHelper.cs
@@ -75,5 +75,10 @@ namespace Ombi.Helpers
 
             return -1;
         }
+
+        public static string StripCharacters(this string str, params char[] chars)
+        {
+            return string.Concat(str.Where(c => !chars.Contains(c)));
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ombi.Notifications/Agents/PushoverNotification.cs b/src/Ombi.Notifications/Agents/PushoverNotification.cs
index 2719c3861..555bff1fa 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Notifications/Agents/PushoverNotification.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Notifications/Agents/PushoverNotification.cs
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ namespace Ombi.Notifications.Agents
         {
             try
             {
-                await Api.PushAsync(settings.AccessToken, model.Message, settings.UserToken, settings.Priority, settings.Sound);
+                //&+' < >
+                await Api.PushAsync(settings.AccessToken, model.Message.StripCharacters('&','+','<','>'), settings.UserToken, settings.Priority, settings.Sound);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {