diff --git a/lumbunglib/feed.py b/lumbunglib/feed.py
index 5b4ccb1..abaf586 100644
--- a/lumbunglib/feed.py
+++ b/lumbunglib/feed.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import jinja2
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from slugify import slugify
+from re import sub
 
 
 def write_etag(feed_name, feed_data):
@@ -84,6 +85,27 @@ def create_frontmatter(entry):
 
     return frontmatter
 
+def sanitize_yaml (frontmatter):
+    """
+    Escapes any occurences of double quotes
+    in any of the frontmatter fields
+    See: https://docs.octoprint.org/en/master/configuration/yaml.html#interesting-data-types
+    """
+    for k, v in frontmatter.items():
+        if type(v) == type([]):
+            #some fields are lists
+            l = []
+            for i in v:
+                i = sub('"', '\\"', i)
+                l.append(i)
+            frontmatter[k] = l
+
+        else:
+            v = sub('"', '\\"', v)
+            frontmatter[k] = v
+
+    return frontmatter
+
 
 def create_post(post_dir, entry):
     """
@@ -105,7 +127,7 @@ def create_post(post_dir, entry):
     env = jinja2.Environment(loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(template_dir))
     template = env.get_template("feed.md")
     with open(os.path.join(post_dir, "index.html"), "w") as f:  # n.b. .html
-        post = template.render(frontmatter=frontmatter, content=parsed_content)
+        post = template.render(frontmatter=sanitize_yaml(frontmatter), content=parsed_content)
         f.write(post)
         print("created post for", entry.title, "({})".format(entry.link))