diff --git a/install/includes/core_class.php b/install/includes/core_class.php
index ee1dd6088..fabe5dcbd 100644
--- a/install/includes/core_class.php
+++ b/install/includes/core_class.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Core
 		$database_file = file_get_contents($template_path);
 
 		// Sanitize DB Password from single quotes
-		$sanitized_db_pwd = preg_replace("/\\\/i",'\\\\',$input);       // Escape the Escape char ( '\' becomes '\\' )
+		$sanitized_db_pwd = preg_replace("/\\\\/i",'\\\\\\\\',$data['db_password']);       // Escape the Escape char ( '\' becomes '\\' )
 		$sanitized_db_pwd = preg_replace("/\'/i",'\\\\\'',$sanitized_db_pwd);  // Escape the ' ( ' becomes \' )
 
 		$new  = str_replace("%HOSTNAME%", $data['db_hostname'], $database_file);