diff --git a/lam/lib/status.inc b/lam/lib/status.inc
index dec0cdba..6a165de6 100644
--- a/lam/lib/status.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/status.inc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function parseMessageString($MessageString) {
  * the appropriate HTML tages <b> and </b> 
  */
 function boldText($text) {
-	$pattern = "/\{bold\}([^{]*)\{endbold\}/"; // Regular expression matching {bold}[Text]{endbold}
+	$pattern = "/\\{bold\\}([^{]*)\\{endbold\\}/"; // Regular expression matching {bold}[Text]{endbold}
 	$replace = "<b class=\"status\">\\1</b>"; // Replace pattern
 	return preg_replace($pattern,$replace,$text);
 }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function boldText($text) {
  * @return string Input string with HTML-formatted color tags
  */
 function colorText($text) {
-	$pattern = "/\{color=#?([0-9,a-f,A-F]{6})\}([^{]*)\{endcolor\}/"; // Regular expression matching {color=#[HEX-Value]}[Text]{endcolor} or {color=[HEX-Value]}[Text]{endcolor}
+	$pattern = "/\\{color=#?([0-9,a-f,A-F]{6})\\}([^{]*)\\{endcolor\\}/"; // Regular expression matching {color=#[HEX-Value]}[Text]{endcolor} or {color=[HEX-Value]}[Text]{endcolor}
 	$replace = "<font color=\"#\\1\">\\2</font>"; // Replace pattern
 	return preg_replace($pattern,$replace,$text);
 }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function colorText($text) {
  * @return string Input string with HTML-formatted link tags
  */
 function linkText($text) {
-	$pattern = "/\{link=([^}]*)\}([^{]*)\{endlink\}/"; // Regular expression matching {link=[Link-Target]}[Text]{endlink}
+	$pattern = "/\\{link=([^}]*)\\}([^{]*)\\{endlink\\}/"; // Regular expression matching {link=[Link-Target]}[Text]{endlink}
 	$replace = "<a href=\"\\1\" target=\"_blank\">\\2</a>"; //Replace pattern
 	return preg_replace($pattern,$replace,$text);
 }
diff --git a/lam/templates/account/edit.php b/lam/templates/account/edit.php
index 2c2460db..cab13b16 100644
--- a/lam/templates/account/edit.php
+++ b/lam/templates/account/edit.php
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ setlanguage();
 
 //load account
 if (isset($_GET['DN'])) {
-	$DN = str_replace("\'", '', $_GET['DN']);
-	$type = str_replace("\'", '', $_GET['type']);
+	$DN = str_replace("\\'", '', $_GET['DN']);
+	$type = str_replace("\\'", '', $_GET['type']);
 	if ($_GET['type'] == $type) $type = str_replace("'", '',$_GET['type']);
 	if ($_GET['DN'] == $DN) $DN = str_replace("'", '',$_GET['DN']);
 	$_SESSION['account'] = new accountContainer($type, 'account');
diff --git a/lam/templates/config/mainmanage.php b/lam/templates/config/mainmanage.php
index ceb9ddc6..bad217a7 100644
--- a/lam/templates/config/mainmanage.php
+++ b/lam/templates/config/mainmanage.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if ($_POST['submit']) {
 	if ($_POST['logDestination'] == "none") $cfg->logDestination = "NONE";
 	elseif ($_POST['logDestination'] == "syslog") $cfg->logDestination = "SYSLOG";
 	else {
-		if (isset($_POST['logFile']) && ($_POST['logFile'] != "") && eregi("^[a-z0-9/\\\:\\._-]+$", $_POST['logFile'])) {
+		if (isset($_POST['logFile']) && ($_POST['logFile'] != "") && eregi("^[a-z0-9/\\\\:\\._-]+$", $_POST['logFile'])) {
 			$cfg->logDestination = $_POST['logFile'];
 		}
 		else $errors[] = _("The log file is empty or contains invalid characters! Valid characters are: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, /, \\, ., :, _ and -.");