diff --git a/plugins/RSS/plugin.py b/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
index 8c63c0350..d143ce6fe 100644
--- a/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/RSS/plugin.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class RSS(callbacks.Plugin):
             template = self.registryValue(key_name, channel, network)
         date = entry.get('published_parsed')
         date = utils.str.timestamp(date)
-        s = string.Template(template).substitute(
+        s = string.Template(template).safe_substitute(
                 entry,
                 feed_name=feed.name,
                 date=date)