diff --git a/complete.c b/complete.c
index c6e218ea9..a0dcd9236 100644
--- a/complete.c
+++ b/complete.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static const wchar_t *complete_get_desc_suffix( const wchar_t *suff_orig )
 		}
 	}
 
-	wchar_t *tmp = escape( suff, 0 );
+	wchar_t *tmp = escape( suff, 1 );
 	free(suff);
 	suff = tmp;
 
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index ca87b33c6..e81eb3ce5 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void event_fire_internal( event_t *event )
 		
 		for( j=0; j<al_get_count(&event->arguments); j++ )
 		{
-			wchar_t *arg_esc = escape( (wchar_t *)al_get( &event->arguments, j), 0 );		
+			wchar_t *arg_esc = escape( (wchar_t *)al_get( &event->arguments, j), 1 );		
 			sb_append( b, L" " );
 			sb_append( b, arg_esc );
 			free( arg_esc );