diff --git a/src/diagrams/er/erDb.js b/src/diagrams/er/erDb.js
index 8fe54ed83..4186fd6d8 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/er/erDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/er/erDb.js
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import { log } from '../../logger';
 import mermaidAPI from '../../mermaidAPI';
 import * as configApi from '../../config';
+import common from '../common/common';
 
 let entities = {};
 let relationships = [];
 let title = '';
 let description = '';
 
+const sanitizeText = (txt) => common.sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
+
 const Cardinality = {
   ZERO_OR_ONE: 'ZERO_OR_ONE',
   ZERO_OR_MORE: 'ZERO_OR_MORE',
@@ -69,7 +72,8 @@ const getRelationships = () => relationships;
 
 // Keep this - TODO: revisit...allow the diagram to have a title
 const setTitle = function (txt) {
-  title = txt;
+  let sanitizedText = sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
+  title = sanitizedText;
 };
 
 const getTitle = function () {
@@ -77,7 +81,8 @@ const getTitle = function () {
 };
 
 const setAccDescription = function (txt) {
-  description = txt;
+  let sanitizedText = sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
+  description = sanitizedText;
 };
 
 const getAccDescription = function () {
diff --git a/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttDb.js b/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttDb.js
index 88c591520..01663d954 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttDb.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import { log } from '../../logger';
 import * as configApi from '../../config';
 import utils from '../../utils';
 import mermaidAPI from '../../mermaidAPI';
+import common from '../common/common';
+
+const sanitizeText = (txt) => common.sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
+
 
 let dateFormat = '';
 let axisFormat = '';
@@ -108,7 +112,8 @@ export const getLinks = function () {
 };
 
 export const setTitle = function (txt) {
-  title = txt;
+  let sanitizedText = sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
+  title = sanitizedText;
 };
 
 export const getTitle = function () {
diff --git a/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyDb.js b/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyDb.js
index 0452bd4a8..6e32c0f1f 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/user-journey/journeyDb.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import mermaidAPI from '../../mermaidAPI';
 import * as configApi from '../../config';
+import common from '../common/common';
+const sanitizeText = (txt) => common.sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
 
 let title = '';
 let currentSection = '';
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ export const clear = function () {
 };
 
 export const setTitle = function (txt) {
-  title = txt;
+  let sanitizedText = sanitizeText(txt, configApi.getConfig());
+  title = sanitizedText;
+
 };
 
 export const getTitle = function () {