diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
index bb04b60304..16baa09101 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ ActorCommands::ActorCommands( const CString &sCommands )
 
 				if( i==1 && bFirstParamIsString ) // string literal
 				{
+					sArg.Replace( "'", "\\'" );	// escape quote
 					s << "'" << sArg << "'";
 				}
 				else if( sArg[0] == '#' )	// HTML color