diff --git a/src/gui/views/tags.py b/src/gui/views/tags.py
index 9c33644b5..d1fe60f1e 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/tags.py
+++ b/src/gui/views/tags.py
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ class Tags(DbGUIElement):
         tag_menu += '<menuitem action="OrganizeTags"/>'
         tag_menu += '<separator/>'
         for tag_name, handle in self.__tag_list:
-            tag_menu += '<menuitem action="TAG_%s"/>' % escape(tag_name)
+            tag_menu += '<menuitem action="TAG_%s"/>' % escape(tag_name,
+                                                               {'"':'&quot;'})
             actions.append(('TAG_%s' % tag_name, None, tag_name, None, None,
                          make_callback(self.tag_selected_rows, handle)))