diff --git a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/RemoteControl.cs b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/RemoteControl.cs
index 300beb02..9bf038df 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/RemoteControl.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/ChatBots/RemoteControl.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.ChatBots
             {
                 string response = "";
                 PerformInternalCommand(command, ref response);
+                response = GetVerbatim(response);
+                foreach (char disallowedChar in McClient.GetDisallowedChatCharacters())
+                {
+                    response = response.Replace(disallowedChar.ToString(), String.Empty);
+                }
                 if (response.Length > 0)
                 {
                     SendPrivateMessage(sender, response);
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs b/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
index 27ed6346..1ba43f6e 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/McClient.cs
@@ -735,6 +735,15 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get a list of disallowed characters in chat
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static char[] GetDisallowedChatCharacters()
+        {
+            return new char[] { (char)167, (char)127 }; // Minecraft color code and ASCII code DEL
+        }
+
         #region Management: Load/Unload ChatBots and Enable/Disable settings
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1021,6 +1030,8 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         {
             lock (chatQueue)
             {
+                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
+                    return;
                 int maxLength = handler.GetMaxChatMessageLength();
                 if (text.Length > maxLength) //Message is too long?
                 {