diff --git a/e107_handlers/application.php b/e107_handlers/application.php
index 8d335e783..17a27b997 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/application.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/application.php
@@ -3705,7 +3705,7 @@ class eResponse
 			$attrData .= '<meta';
 			foreach ($attr as $p => $v) 
 			{
-				$attrData .= ' '.preg_replace('/[\w\-]/', '', $p).'="'.str_replace(array('"', '<'), '', $v).'"';
+				$attrData .= ' '.preg_replace('/[^\w\-]/', '', $p).'="'.str_replace(array('"', '<'), '', $v).'"';
 			}
 			$attrData .= ' />'."\n";
 		}