diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/settings/BugReportPane.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/settings/BugReportPane.java
index 1f2e98f..0ac1d83 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/settings/BugReportPane.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/settings/BugReportPane.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import javafx.event.EventHandler;
 import javafx.scene.control.*;
 import javafx.scene.input.InputEvent;
 
-import envoy.client.util.IssueUtil;
 import envoy.event.IssueProposal;
 
 /**
@@ -58,8 +57,10 @@ public final class BugReportPane extends OnlineOnlySettingsPane {
 
 		// Displaying the submitReportButton
 		submitReportButton.setDisable(true);
-		submitReportButton.setOnAction(e -> client.send(new IssueProposal(titleTextField.getText(), IssueUtil
-			.sanitizeIssueDescription(errorDetailArea.getText(), showUsernameInBugReport.isSelected() ? client.getSender().getName() : null), true)));
+		submitReportButton.setOnAction(e -> {
+			String title = titleTextField.getText(), description = errorDetailArea.getText();
+			client.send(showUsernameInBugReport.isSelected() ? new IssueProposal(title, description, true) : new IssueProposal(title, description, client.getSender().getName(), true));
+		});
 		getChildren().add(submitReportButton);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/IssueUtil.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/IssueUtil.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8933a67..0000000
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/util/IssueUtil.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package envoy.client.util;
-
-/**
- * Provides methods to handle outgoing issues.
- *
- * @author Leon Hofmeister
- * @author Kai S. K. Engelbart
- * @since Envoy Client v0.2-beta
- */
-public final class IssueUtil {
-
-	private IssueUtil() {}
-
-	/**
-	 * Normalizes line breaks and appends the user name to the issue description if
-	 * requested.
-	 *
-	 * @param description the description to sanitize
-	 * @param username    the user who submitted the issue. Should be
-	 *                    {@code null} if he does not want to be named.
-	 * @return the sanitized description
-	 * @since Envoy Client v0.2-beta
-	 */
-	public static String sanitizeIssueDescription(String description, String username) {
-
-		// Trim and replace line breaks by <br> tags
-		description = description.trim().replaceAll(System.getProperty("line.separator"), "<br>");
-
-		// Append user name if requested
-		if (username != null)
-			description += String.format("<br>Submitted by user %s.", username);
-
-		return description;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/envoy/event/IssueProposal.java b/common/src/main/java/envoy/event/IssueProposal.java
index 63c54f1..b12b6fd 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/envoy/event/IssueProposal.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/envoy/event/IssueProposal.java
@@ -23,11 +23,46 @@ public final class IssueProposal extends Event<String> {
 	 * @since Envoy Common v0.2-beta
 	 */
 	public IssueProposal(String title, String description, boolean isBug) {
-		super(title);
-		this.description	= description;
+		super(escape(title));
+		this.description	= sanitizeDescription(description);
 		bug					= isBug;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param title       the title of the reported bug
+	 * @param description the description of this bug
+	 * @param user        the name of the user creating the issue
+	 * @param isBug       determines whether this {@code IssueProposal} is
+	 *                    supposed to be a
+	 *                    feature or a bug (true = bug, false = feature)
+	 * @since Envoy Common v0.2-beta
+	 */
+	public IssueProposal(String title, String description, String user, boolean isBug) {
+		super(escape(title));
+		this.description	= sanitizeDescription(description) + String.format("<br>Submitted by user %s.", user);
+		bug					= isBug;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Escapes an issue description and normalizes its line breaks.
+	 *
+	 * @param description the description to normalize
+	 * @return the normalized description
+	 * @since Envoy Common v0.2-beta
+	 */
+	private static String sanitizeDescription(String description) {
+		return escape(description).replaceAll("\r?\n", "<br>");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Escapes quotes and backslashes from a string.
+	 *
+	 * @param raw the string to escape
+	 * @return the escaped string
+	 * @since Envoy Client v0.2-beta
+	 */
+	private static String escape(String raw) { return raw.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\"", "\\\""); }
+
 	/**
 	 * @return the description
 	 * @since Envoy Common v0.2-beta