diff --git a/applets/random_quote.pl b/applets/random_quote.pl
index 50322899..c036e406 100755
--- a/applets/random_quote.pl
+++ b/applets/random_quote.pl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Quick and dirty by :pragma
 
 use LWP::UserAgent::WithCache;
+use URI::Escape;
 
 my ($text, $t);
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ while (1) {
         my $author    = "";
 
         $arguments =~ s/\$nick/me/gi;
-        $arguments =~ s/\s/+/g;
+        $arguments = uri_escape($arguments);
 
         if ($arguments =~ m/\-\-author[\s\+]+(.*)/i) {
             $author = $1;
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 2c098b6d..3871c0ba 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ feature qalc => sub {
 };
 
 feature random_quote => sub {
+    requires 'URI::Escape';
     requires 'LWP::UserAgent::WithCache';
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm b/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm
index f50527bb..7ddcaec9 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Plugin/FuncSed.pm
@@ -33,26 +33,35 @@ sub func_sed {
     my $self = shift;
     my $text = "@_";
 
-    if ($text =~ /^s(.)(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(\S*)\s+(.*)/p) {
-        my ($a, $r, $g, $m, $t) = ($5, "'\"$3\"'", index($4, "g") != -1, $4, $2);
+    my $result = eval {
+        if ($text =~ /^s(.)(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(.*?)(?<!\\)\1(\S*)\s+(.*)/p) {
+            my ($a, $r, $g, $m, $t) = ($5, "'\"$3\"'", index($4, "g") != -1, $4, $2);
 
-        print "a: $a, r: $r, g: $g, m: $m, t: $t\n";
-        print "text: [$text]\n";
+            #print "a: $a, r: $r, g: $g, m: $m, t: $t\n";
+            #print "text: [$text]\n";
 
-        if ($m =~ /P/) {
-            $r =~ s/^'"(.*)"'$/$1/;
-            $m =~ s/P//g;
+            if ($m =~ /P/) {
+                $r =~ s/^'"(.*)"'$/$1/;
+                $m =~ s/P//g;
 
-            if   ($g) { $a =~ s|(?$m)($t)|$1=~/^[A-Z][^A-Z]/?ucfirst$r:($1=~/^[A-Z]+$/?uc$r:$r)|gie; }
-            else      { $a =~ s|(?$m)($t)|$1=~/^[A-Z][^A-Z]/?ucfirst$r:($1=~/^[A-Z]+$/?uc$r:$r)|ie; }
+                if   ($g) { $a =~ s|(?$m)($t)|$1=~/^[A-Z][^A-Z]/?ucfirst$r:($1=~/^[A-Z]+$/?uc$r:$r)|gie; }
+                else      { $a =~ s|(?$m)($t)|$1=~/^[A-Z][^A-Z]/?ucfirst$r:($1=~/^[A-Z]+$/?uc$r:$r)|ie; }
+            } else {
+                if   ($g) { $a =~ s/(?$m)$t/$r/geee; }
+                else      { $a =~ s/(?$m)$t/$r/eee; }
+            }
+            return $a;
         } else {
-            if   ($g) { $a =~ s/(?$m)$t/$r/geee; }
-            else      { $a =~ s/(?$m)$t/$r/eee; }
+            return 'sed: syntax error; usage: sed s/<regex>/<replacement>/[Pig]; P preserve case; i ignore case; g replace all';
         }
-        return $a;
-    } else {
-        return "sed: syntax error";
+    };
+
+    if (my $e = $@) {
+        $e =~ s/ at .*$//;
+        return "sed: syntax error: $e";
     }
+
+    return $result;
 }
 use warnings;
 
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index a43cd5e0..8f29bd5d 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4560,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2022-07-14",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4561,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2022-08-03",
 };
 
 sub initialize {}