diff --git a/webmention_io/webmention_io.py b/webmention_io/webmention_io.py
--- a/webmention_io/webmention_io.py
+++ b/webmention_io/webmention_io.py
#
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def build_lp(entry):
#
''' Build line protocol to describe the mention
#
- author = entry['author']['name'].replace(' ', '\ ')
#
- author_url = entry['author']['url'].replace('"', '')
#
+ author = entry['author']['name'].replace(' ', '\ ').replace(",", "")
#
+ author_url = entry['author']['url'].replace('"', '').replace(",", "")
#
# Convert time to nanosecond epoch
#
do = dt.datetime.strptime(entry['wm-received'], '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')