diff --git a/gitstats b/gitstats
index 552284b..e5cf9ee 100755
--- a/gitstats
+++ b/gitstats
@@ -1314,7 +1314,8 @@ plot """
 		plots = []
 		for a in self.authors_to_plot:
 			i = i + 1
-			plots.append("""'lines_of_code_by_author.dat' using 1:%d title "%s" w lines""" % (i, a.replace("\"", "\\\"")))
+			author = a.replace("\"", "\\\"").replace("`", "")
+			plots.append("""'lines_of_code_by_author.dat' using 1:%d title "%s" w lines""" % (i, author))
 		f.write(", ".join(plots))
 		f.write('\n')
 
@@ -1341,7 +1342,8 @@ plot """
 		plots = []
 		for a in self.authors_to_plot:
 			i = i + 1
-			plots.append("""'commits_by_author.dat' using 1:%d title "%s" w lines""" % (i, a.replace("\"", "\\\"")))
+			author = a.replace("\"", "\\\"").replace("`", "")
+			plots.append("""'commits_by_author.dat' using 1:%d title "%s" w lines""" % (i, author))
 		f.write(", ".join(plots))
 		f.write('\n')