diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index 71bd72ad..9f1bed9d 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ module EventsHelper
     # Remove extraneous line feeds
     result.gsub(/\n\n+/, '
 
-').tr('\w\\', '').html_safe
+').tr('\\', '').html_safe
   end
 end