diff --git a/enrol/database/enrol.php b/enrol/database/enrol.php
index 6d011d08f70..2ac2a6ae838 100644
--- a/enrol/database/enrol.php
+++ b/enrol/database/enrol.php
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ function create_course ($course,$skip_fix_course_sortorder=0){
     $course->shortname = substr($course->shortname, 0, 15);
     
     // store it and log
-    if ($newcourseid = insert_record("course", $course)) {  // Set up new course
+    if ($newcourseid = insert_record("course", addslashes_object($course))) {  // Set up new course
         $section = NULL;
         $section->course = $newcourseid;   // Create a default section.
         $section->section = 0;