diff --git a/resources/lang/app.pot b/resources/lang/app.pot
index 4298f72..405c3ec 100644
--- a/resources/lang/app.pot
+++ b/resources/lang/app.pot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Probematic\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-05-10 14:44+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-05-10 15:03+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: :stats/active-members-count-tooltip
 #, ycp-format
 msgctxt ":stats/active-members-count-tooltip"
-msgid "The number of members that were marked as "active" in SNOrga during the timeframe"
+msgid "The number of members that were marked as \"active\" in SNOrga during the timeframe"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: :stats/probe-attendance
diff --git a/src/clj/app/i18n.clj b/src/clj/app/i18n.clj
index 9b42fb1..183b10a 100644
--- a/src/clj/app/i18n.clj
+++ b/src/clj/app/i18n.clj
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@
   [s]
   (parse (str/split-lines s)))
 
+(defn escape-quotes [s]
+  (clojure.string/escape s {\\ "\\\\" \" "\\\""}))
+
 (defn ->po-entry [[key untranslated-str]]
   (format "#: %s
 #, ycp-format
 msgctxt \"%s\"
 msgid \"%s\"
-msgstr \"\"" (str key) (str key) untranslated-str))
+msgstr \"\"" (str key) (escape-quotes (str key)) (escape-quotes untranslated-str)))
 
 (defn pot-header []
   (format "msgid \"\"