diff --git a/lib/documentmanagement/PhysicalDocumentManager.inc b/lib/documentmanagement/PhysicalDocumentManager.inc
index bf50a45..a582b43 100644
--- a/lib/documentmanagement/PhysicalDocumentManager.inc
+++ b/lib/documentmanagement/PhysicalDocumentManager.inc
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class PhysicalDocumentManager {
 	*/
 	function & createDocumentFromUploadedFile($aFileArray, $iFolderID) {
 		//get the uploaded document information and put it into a document object		
-		$oDocument = & new Document($aFileArray['name'], $aFileArray['name'], $aFileArray['size'], $_SESSION["userID"], PhysicalDocumentManager::getMimeTypeID($aFileArray['type'], $aFileArray['name']), $iFolderID);
+		$oDocument = & new Document(stripslashes($aFileArray['name']), stripslashes($aFileArray['name']), $aFileArray['size'], $_SESSION["userID"], PhysicalDocumentManager::getMimeTypeID($aFileArray['type'], $aFileArray['name']), $iFolderID);
 		return $oDocument;	
 	}