diff --git a/lgsm/functions/alert_pushbullet.sh b/lgsm/functions/alert_pushbullet.sh
index 05276b010..0b209fe07 100644
--- a/lgsm/functions/alert_pushbullet.sh
+++ b/lgsm/functions/alert_pushbullet.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,32 @@ local commandname="ALERT"
 local commandaction="Alert"
 local function_selfname="$(basename $(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))"
 
+# converts text to ascii then passes to curl. allowing special characters to be sent e.g %
+# http://stackoverflow.com/a/10660730
+fn_rawurlencode() {
+  local string="${1}"
+  local strlen=${#string}
+  local encoded=""
+  local pos c o
+
+  for (( pos=0 ; pos<strlen ; pos++ )); do
+     c=${string:$pos:1}
+     case "$c" in
+        [-_.~a-zA-Z0-9] ) o="${c}" ;;
+        * )               printf -v o '%%%02x' "'$c"
+     esac
+     encoded+="${o}"
+  done
+  echo "${encoded}"    # You can either set a return variable (FASTER)
+  REPLY="${encoded}"   #+or echo the result (EASIER)... or both... :p
+}
+
+pbalertbody=$(fn_rawurlencode "${alertbody}"; echo ${REPLY})
+pbalertsubject=$(fn_rawurlencode "${alertsubject}"; echo ${REPLY})
+
 fn_print_dots "Sending Pushbullet alert"
 sleep 1
-
-pushbulletsend=$(curl --silent -u """${pushbullettoken}"":" -d channel_tag="${channeltag}" -d type="note" -d body="${alertbody}" -d title="${alertsubject}" 'https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes'|grep -o invalid_access_token|uniq)
+pushbulletsend=$(curl --silent -u """${pushbullettoken}"":" -d channel_tag="${channeltag}" -d type="note" -d body="${pbalertbody}" -d title="${pbalertsubject}" 'https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes'|grep -o invalid_access_token|uniq)
 
 if [ "${pushbulletsend}" == "invalid_access_token" ]; then
 	fn_print_fail_nl "Sending Pushbullet alert: invalid_access_token"