diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index 5d349a5ec..2695a097e 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class DText
   end
   
   def self.sanitize(text)
-    text.gsub!(/<( |\Z)/, "&lt;\\1")
+    text.gsub!(/<( |-|\Z)/, "&lt;\\1")
     
     Sanitize.clean(
       text,