diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py
index 9c712846..f51364a3 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_adastrafanficcom.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class AdAstraFanficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py
index ac54f2e2..6aa4ad02 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveofourownorg.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"^/works/\d+$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
 		
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         alist = soup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r"^/users/\w+/pseuds/\w+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py
index 0cbfcbd9..6e853380 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_archiveskyehawkecom.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class ArchiveSkyeHawkeComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('div', {'class':"story border"}).find('span',{'class':'left'})
-        title=a.text.split('"')[1]
+        title=stripHTML(a).split('"')[1]
         self.story.setMetadata('title',title)
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py
index 9af3bbfc..9faf2bfd 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ashwindersycophanthexcom.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class AshwinderSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         for info in asoup.findAll('table', {'width' : '100%', 'bordercolor' : re.compile(r'#')}):
             a = info.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
             if a != None:
-                self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+                self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
                 break
 		
 
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_asr3slashzoneorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_asr3slashzoneorg.py
index 56fa9c5a..7d0c2a90 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_asr3slashzoneorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_asr3slashzoneorg.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Asr3SlashzoneOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py
index c9f0eb17..2e5748eb 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_bloodtiesfancom.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class BloodTiesFansComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_castlefansorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_castlefansorg.py
index 60f8607d..f1fc29d6 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_castlefansorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_castlefansorg.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class CastleFansOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         pagetitle = soup.find('div',{'id':'pagetitle'})
         ## Title
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py
index 8160b1e2..3c1853ec 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_chaossycophanthexcom.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ChaosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pt = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'pagetitle'})
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_checkmatedcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_checkmatedcom.py
index 72be1f49..b1ca1254 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_checkmatedcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_checkmatedcom.py
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ class CheckmatedComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         # Now go hunting for all the meta data and the chapter list.
 
         ## Title
-        a = soup.findAll('span', {'class' : 'storytitle'})
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a[0].string)
+        a = soup.find('span', {'class' : 'storytitle'})
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
 
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
-        a = a[1].find('a', href=re.compile(r"authors.php\?name\=\w+"))
+        a = a.parent.find('a', href=re.compile(r"authors.php\?name\=\w+"))
         self.story.setMetadata('authorId',a['href'].split('=')[1])
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',a.string)
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py
index 61b300aa..adf41d2c 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_destinysgatewaycom.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class DestinysGatewayComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py
index 826b7c97..6a21e800 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dokugacom.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class DokugaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         aut.extract()
         
         a = a.string[:(len(a.string)-4)]
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
 
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters = soup.find('select').findAll('option')
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dotmoonnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dotmoonnet.py
index af6cfa37..e2dedb7d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dotmoonnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dotmoonnet.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class DotMoonNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = body.find('b')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url. http://www.dotmoon.net/board/index.php?action=profile;u=1'
         a = body.find('a', href=re.compile(r"index.php\?action=profile;u=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py
index c1b5b5db..f666249b 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dracoandginnycom.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class DracoAndGinnyComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dramioneorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dramioneorg.py
index f3b4a46b..6dd0a391 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dramioneorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_dramioneorg.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class DramioneOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_efictionestelielde.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_efictionestelielde.py
index 80362786..4343a2b6 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_efictionestelielde.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_efictionestelielde.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class EfictionEstelielDeAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         pagetitle = soup.find('div',{'id':'pagetitle'})
         ## Title
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py
index 4602ae7b..6835212c 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_erosnsapphosycophanthexcom.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ErosnSapphoSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pt = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'pagetitle'})
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py
index 67787aab..b9fb4494 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fictionalleyorg.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class FictionAlleyOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             url=self.url
             logger.debug("Normalizing to URL: "+url)
             ## title's right there...
-            self.story.setMetadata('title',storya.string)
+            self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(storya))
             data = self._fetchUrl(url)
             soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(data)
             chapterlinklist = soup.findAll('a',{'class':'chapterlink'})
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class FictionAlleyOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             ## same way.
             chapsoup = bs.BeautifulSoup(chapterdata)
             storya = chapsoup.find('div',{'class':'breadcrumbs'}).findAll('a')[1]
-            self.story.setMetadata('title',storya.string)
+            self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(storya))
             del chapsoup
 
         del chapterdata
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py
index 7c16fd7c..4446df73 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ficwadcom.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class FicwadComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         # title - first h4 tag will be title.
         titleh4 = soup.find('h4')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title', titleh4.a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title', stripHTML(titleh4.a))
 
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"^/author/\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
index d3379500..b5cd487a 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fimfictionnet.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class FimFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'^/story/'+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # self.story.setMetadata("title", storyMetadata["title"])
         # if not storyMetadata["title"]:
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py
index 2bb42394..c5b626b0 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_finestoriescom.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class FineStoriesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'/s/'+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"/a/\w+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_grangerenchantedcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_grangerenchantedcom.py
index cb9caf71..a39f738e 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_grangerenchantedcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_grangerenchantedcom.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class GrangerEnchantedCom(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py
index 7a012dc3..2fc64dc3 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_harrypotterfanfictioncom.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class HarryPotterFanFictionComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'\?psid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         ## javascript:if (confirm('Please note. This story may contain adult themes. By clicking here you are stating that you are over 17. Click cancel if you do not meet this requirement.')) location = '?psid=290995'
         if "This story may contain adult themes." in a['href'] and not (self.is_adult or self.getConfig("is_adult")):
             raise exceptions.AdultCheckRequired(self.url)
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hennethannunnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hennethannunnet.py
index 015fdcf2..340e8c2a 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hennethannunnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hennethannunnet.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class HennethAnnunNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('h2', {'id':'page_heading'})
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
 
         # Find the chapters: chapter_view.cfm?stid=6663&spordinal=1" 
         for chapter in soup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'chapter_view.cfm\?stid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"&spordinal=\d+$")):
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py
index c7edf4be..5d15f7db 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hlfictionnet.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class HLFictionNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('author',aut.string)
         aut.extract()
         
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string[:(len(a.string)-3)])
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a)[:(len(a.string)-3)])
 
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters=soup.find('select')
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py
index a7b8fee2..8a57e359 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_hpfanficarchivecom.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class HPFanficArchiveComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py
index dd2aa1bc..a89ff8f4 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_iketernalnet.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class IkEternalNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py
index b524fddd..e080befb 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_imagineeficcom.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class ImagineEFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_indeathnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_indeathnet.py
index 4988bef0..4d6fd93d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_indeathnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_indeathnet.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class InDeathNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         h = soup.find('a', id="blog_title")
         t = h.find('span')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',t.contents[0].string.strip())
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(t.contents[0]).strip())
 		
         s = t.find('div')        
         if s != None:
@@ -122,9 +122,6 @@ class InDeathNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl',a['href'])
         self.story.setMetadata('author',m.group('name'))
 
-
-
-
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters=soup.findAll('a', title="View entry", href=re.compile(r'http://www.indeath.net/blog/'+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"/entry\-(\d+)\-([^/]*)/$"))
 
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_libraryofmoriacom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_libraryofmoriacom.py
index 57083b2a..6f8ff7fe 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_libraryofmoriacom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_libraryofmoriacom.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class LibraryOfMoriaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py
index 07c416b5..93b8b761 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_lumossycophanthexcom.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class LumosSycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pt = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'pagetitle'})
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py
index 93d7abe7..b9c46414 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mediaminerorg.py
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ class MediaMinerOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         for font in title.findAll('font'):
             font.extract() # removes 'font' tags from inside the td.        
         if title.has_key('colspan'):
-            titlet = title.text
+            titlet = stripHTML(title)
         else:
             ## No colspan, it's part chapter title--even if it's a one-shot.
-            titlet = ':'.join(title.text.split(':')[:-1]) # strip trailing 'Chapter X' or chapter title
+            titlet = ':'.join(stripHTML(title).split(':')[:-1]) # strip trailing 'Chapter X' or chapter title
         self.story.setMetadata('title',titlet)
         ## The story title is difficult to reliably parse from the
         ## story pages.  Getting it from the author page is, but costs
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py
index 480e4548..91b8d6e5 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_merlinficdtwinscouk.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class MerlinFicDtwinsCoUk(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mugglenetcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mugglenetcom.py
index d3bf5a25..31599fbd 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mugglenetcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_mugglenetcom.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class MuggleNetComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nationallibrarynet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nationallibrarynet.py
index c4ad08dc..7e1947db 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nationallibrarynet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nationallibrarynet.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class NationalLibraryNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('h1')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"authorresults.php\?author=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ncisficcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ncisficcom.py
index 85d7a6e3..4e6a4482 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ncisficcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ncisficcom.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class NCISFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('h1')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"authorresults.php\?author=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_netraptororg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_netraptororg.py
index 86082f4c..524d8070 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_netraptororg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_netraptororg.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class NetRaptorOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pagetitle = soup.find('div',{'id':'pagetitle'})
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nfacommunitycom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nfacommunitycom.py
index 01cdb42e..98aa2155 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nfacommunitycom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nfacommunitycom.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class NfaCommunityComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nhamagicalworldsus.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nhamagicalworldsus.py
index f8574f91..91fc965f 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nhamagicalworldsus.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nhamagicalworldsus.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class NHAMagicalWorldsUsAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             a = info.find('a')
             if 'viewstory.php?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId') == a['href'] or \
                     ('viewstory.php?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+'&') in a['href']:
-                self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+                self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
                 break
 		
 
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nickandgregnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nickandgregnet.py
index 9ece5a85..9a19c11d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nickandgregnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_nickandgregnet.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class NickAndGregNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py
index 2dc80b2c..475c87ca 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_occlumencysycophanthexcom.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class OcclumencySycophantHexComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         for info in asoup.findAll('table', {'class' : 'border'}):
             a = info.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
             if a != None:
-                self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+                self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
                 break
 		
 
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_onedirectionfanfictioncom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_onedirectionfanfictioncom.py
index 596244bd..dc679689 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_onedirectionfanfictioncom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_onedirectionfanfictioncom.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class OneDirectionFanfictionComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py
index 9de6bb8b..f1da893a 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_phoenixsongnet.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class PhoenixSongNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         b = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'nav25'})
         a = b.find('a', href=re.compile(r'fanfiction/story/'+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"/$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.  /fanfiction/stories.php?psid=125
         a = b.find('a', href=re.compile(r"/fanfiction/stories.php\?psid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pommedesangcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pommedesangcom.py
index 15edf9eb..ffa7f8fa 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pommedesangcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pommedesangcom.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class PommeDeSangComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile('viewstory.php\?sid=\d+'))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py
index 9a90aa4d..b08b542f 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_ponyfictionarchivenet.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class PonyFictionArchiveNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitchesnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitchesnet.py
index 4427e9bf..58624e6a 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitchesnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potionsandsnitchesnet.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class PotionsAndSnitchesNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py
index 730a8986..84b9d229 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterficscom.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class PotterFicsComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         #find first metadata block
         mb = cell.div.findNextSibling('div')
         #Get meta...
-        self.story.setMetadata('title', mb.b.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title', stripHTML(mb.b))
         #strip out brackets on rating
         self.story.setMetadata('rating', mb.span.string[1:-1])
         #Completion status is denoted by the presence of this image:
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py
index d3874748..7fc36d80 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_potterheadsanonymouscom.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class PotterHeadsAnonymousComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py
index ef65b71d..4097eccc 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_pretendercentrecom.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class PretenderCenterComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_psychficcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_psychficcom.py
index 33f53d8f..bb69eea6 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_psychficcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_psychficcom.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class PsychFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py
index f5573519..ce95780b 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_qafficcom.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class QafFicComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('author',aut.string)
         aut.extract()
         
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string[:(len(a.string)-3)])
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a)[:(len(a.string)-3)])
 
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters=soup.find('select')
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_restrictedsectionorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_restrictedsectionorg.py
index ce02ca08..686e053c 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_restrictedsectionorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_restrictedsectionorg.py
@@ -126,10 +126,12 @@ class RestrictedSectionOrgSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         self.story.setMetadata('authorId',ahref.split('=')[1])
         self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+ahref)
-        self.story.setMetadata('author',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('author',stripHTML(a))
 
         # title, remove byauthorname.
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',h2.text[:h2.text.index("by"+a.string)])
+        auth=stripHTML(a)
+        title=stripHTML(h2)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',title[:title.index(" by "+auth)])
 
         dates = soup.findAll('span', {'class':'date'})
         if dates: # only for multi-chapter
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_samdeanarchivenu.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_samdeanarchivenu.py
index c0549a56..3c2bf275 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_samdeanarchivenu.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_samdeanarchivenu.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class SamDeanArchiveNuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('author',aut.string)
         aut.extract()
         
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string[:(len(a.string)-3)])
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a)[:(len(stripHTML(a))-3)])
 
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters=soup.find('select')
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarheadnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarheadnet.py
index 736c047e..593abc68 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarheadnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarheadnet.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class ScarHeadNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pagetitle.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py
index 72675993..3a46bb7d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_scarvesandcoffeenet.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class ScarvesAndCoffeeNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('div',{"id":"pagetitle"}).find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sg1heliopoliscom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sg1heliopoliscom.py
index b8a9e229..aba87c0f 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sg1heliopoliscom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sg1heliopoliscom.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class SG1HeliopolisComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_simplyundeniablecom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_simplyundeniablecom.py
index 990e372a..2277ac36 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_simplyundeniablecom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_simplyundeniablecom.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class SimplyUndeniableComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('h1')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class SimplyUndeniableComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         for info in asoup.findAll('table', {'cellpadding' : '5'}):
             a = info.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
             if a != None:
-                self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+                self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
                 break
                 
         # Find the chapters:
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sinfuldesireorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sinfuldesireorg.py
index d6a96a73..c1e98206 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sinfuldesireorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_sinfuldesireorg.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class SinfulDesireOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py
index ba2d3e64..b79bb6c5 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_squidgeorgpeja.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class SquidgeOrgPejaAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         # formating, so it's a little ugly.
 
         title = authorSoup.find('a',{'href':'viewstory.php?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')})
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',title.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(title))
         titleblock=title.parent.parent
         
         chapterselect=soup.find('select',{'name':'chapter'})
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_stargateatlantisorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_stargateatlantisorg.py
index 612f9951..9fd3d0a2 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_stargateatlantisorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_stargateatlantisorg.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class StargateAtlantisOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('author',aut.string)
         aut.extract()
         
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string[:(len(a.string)-3)])
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a)[:(len(stripHTML(a))-3)])
 
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters=soup.findAll('div', {'class' : 'content'})
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py
index acdddda9..0dfc4a88 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_storiesofardacom.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class StoriesOfArdaComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         asoup = bs.BeautifulSoup(self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')))
         
         a.find('em').extract()
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
 
         # Find the chapters: chapterview.asp?sid=7000&cid=30919
         chapters=soup.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r'chapterview.asp\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"&cid=\d+$"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresentscom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresentscom.py
index f724d395..90c37146 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresentscom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tenhawkpresentscom.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class TenhawkPresentsComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thealphagatecom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thealphagatecom.py
index fa28e402..ce5abec0 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thealphagatecom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thealphagatecom.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class TheAlphaGateComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thehookupzonenet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thehookupzonenet.py
index 618c21e6..22636b8c 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thehookupzonenet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thehookupzonenet.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class TheHookupZoneNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py
index 2be75ff7..e2e80ffb 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_themasquenet.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class TheMasqueNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py
index 159a9467..e0a8c4fb 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thepetulantpoetesscom.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class ThePetulantPoetessComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             for info in asoup.findAll('td', {'class' : 'highlightcolor1'}):
                 a = info.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
                 if a != None:
-                    self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)                
+                    self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
                     found = 1
                     break
             index=index+1
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thequidditchpitchorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thequidditchpitchorg.py
index bdf26d2d..98bc028e 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thequidditchpitchorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_thequidditchpitchorg.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class TheQuidditchPitchOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter): # XXX
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tokrafandomnetcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tokrafandomnetcom.py
index 3576f97b..70a1d90d 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tokrafandomnetcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_tokrafandomnetcom.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class TokraFandomnetComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightarchivescom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightarchivescom.py
index 99a5c7e6..7995456b 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightarchivescom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightarchivescom.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class TwilightArchivesComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('h1')
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find the chapters:
         chapters=soup.find('ol', {'class' : 'chapters'})
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py
index c45b3e90..f67e985c 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twilightednet.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class TwilightedNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twiwritenet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twiwritenet.py
index 38ce5806..d88d9320 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twiwritenet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_twiwritenet.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class TwiwriteNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = pagetitlediv.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pagetitlediv.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py
index 890fc64f..11f4fc42 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_walkingtheplankorg.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class WalkingThePlankOrgAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         
         ## Title
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = soup.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py
index 4030bc58..e43f8d53 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_whoficcom.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class WhoficComSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                 raise e
 
         # pull title(title) and author from the HTML title.
-        title = soup.find('title').string
+        title = stripHTML(soup.find('title'))
         logger.debug('Title: %s' % title)
         title = title.split('::')[1].strip()
         self.story.setMetadata('title',title.split(' by ')[0].strip())
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wizardtalesnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wizardtalesnet.py
index 3054ea66..3f60560e 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wizardtalesnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wizardtalesnet.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class WizardTalesNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pt = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'pagetitle'})
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py
index cf16068d..4bdfb913 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wolverineandroguecom.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class WolverineAndRogueComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pt = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'pagetitle'})
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.text)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py
index 0b17a2ec..ab31c9f5 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_wraithbaitcom.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class WraithBaitComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         ## Title
         pt = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'pagetitle'})
         a = pt.find('a', href=re.compile(r'viewstory.php\?sid='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+"$"))
-        self.story.setMetadata('title',a.string)
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',stripHTML(a))
         
         # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
         alist = pt.findAll('a', href=re.compile(r"viewuser.php\?uid=\d+"))