diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 763df3dabf..d6ec18c8a1 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=True, count_marseys
sanitized = strikethrough_regex.sub(r'\1\2', sanitized)
- sanitized = sanitized.replace('','').replace('','').replace("\ufeff", "").replace("𒐪","").replace("։", ":")
+ sanitized = sanitized.replace('\u200e','').replace('\u200b','').replace("\ufeff", "").replace("𒐪","").replace("\u0589", ":")
sanitized = reddit_regex.sub(r'\1/\2', sanitized)
sanitized = sub_regex.sub(r'\1/\2', sanitized)