diff --git a/files/helpers/const.py b/files/helpers/const.py
index da4af3140a..1f8fd52467 100644
--- a/files/helpers/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/const.py
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ email_regex = re.compile('([A-Za-z0-9]+[.-_])*[A-Za-z0-9]+@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[A-Z|
 
 reddit_post_regex = re.compile('(https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/\w{1,30}\/comments\/[a-z0-9]+).*', flags=re.A)
 
-utm_regex = re.compile('utm_[a-z]+=[a-z0-9_]+&?"', flags=re.A)
+utm_regex = re.compile('utm_[a-z]+=[a-z0-9_]+&', flags=re.A)
+utm_regex2 = re.compile('[?&]utm_[a-z]+=[a-z0-9_]+', flags=re.A)
 
 slur_regex = re.compile(rf"((?<=\s|>)|^)({single_words})((?=[\s<,.$]|s[\s<,.$]))", flags=re.I|re.A)
 slur_regex_upper = re.compile(rf"((?<=\s|>)|^)({single_words.upper()})((?=[\s<,.$]|S[\s<,.$]))", flags=re.A)
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 27dfeb5973..07f7bdfbb1 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -330,8 +330,10 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, noimages=False, alert=False, comment=False, edit=False):
 		sanitized = sanitized.replace('#fortune', '')
 		sanitized += '\n\n<p>' + choice(FORTUNE_REPLIES) + '</p>'
 
-	sanitized = utm_regex.sub(sanitized)
-	
+	sanitized = sanitized.replace('&amp;','&')
+	sanitized = utm_regex.sub('', sanitized)
+	sanitized = utm_regex2.sub('', sanitized)
+
 	signal.alarm(0)
 
 	return sanitized