diff --git a/Zotlabs/Update/_1216.php b/Zotlabs/Update/_1216.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..843567633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zotlabs/Update/_1216.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Zotlabs\Update;
+
+class _1215 {
+
+	function run() {
+
+		$r = q("UPDATE xchan set xchan_name = 'unknown' where xchan_name like '%<%' ");
+
+		if($r) {
+			return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+		}
+		else {        
+			return UPDATE_FAILED;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 8e4877b8e..a873371b1 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ define ( 'STD_VERSION',             '3.7' );
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            '6.0a' );
 
 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1215 );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1216 );
 
 define ( 'PROJECT_BASE',   __DIR__ );
 
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 91a39a6cb..0d37db58d 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -1923,23 +1923,23 @@ function scrape_vcard($url) {
 			$level2 = $item->getElementsByTagName('*');
 			foreach($level2 as $x) {
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('id'),'pod_location'))
-					$ret['pod_location'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['pod_location'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'fn'))
-					$ret['fn'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['fn'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'uid'))
-					$ret['uid'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['uid'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'nickname'))
-					$ret['nick'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['nick'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'searchable'))
-					$ret['searchable'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['searchable'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'key'))
 					$ret['public_key'] = $x->textContent;
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'given_name'))
-					$ret['given_name'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['given_name'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'family_name'))
-					$ret['family_name'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['family_name'] = escxape_tags($x->textContent);
 				if(attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'url'))
-					$ret['url'] = $x->textContent;
+					$ret['url'] = escape_tags($x->textContent);
 
 				if((attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'photo'))
 					|| (attribute_contains($x->getAttribute('class'),'avatar'))) {