diff --git a/patches/may_2013/p06_make_notes.py b/patches/may_2013/p06_make_notes.py
index e1ea656..b9dbca1 100644
--- a/patches/may_2013/p06_make_notes.py
+++ b/patches/may_2013/p06_make_notes.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 def execute():
 	webnotes.reload_doc("utilities", "doctype", "note")
+	webnotes.reload_doc("utilities", "doctype", "note_user")
+	
 	for question in webnotes.conn.sql("""select * from tabQuestion""", as_dict=True):
 		name = question.question[:180]
 		if webnotes.conn.exists("Note", name):
diff --git a/utilities/doctype/note/note.py b/utilities/doctype/note/note.py
index beca241..02862de 100644
--- a/utilities/doctype/note/note.py
+++ b/utilities/doctype/note/note.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 	def __init__(self, d, dl):
 		self.doc, self.doclist = d, dl
 		
+	def autoname(self):
+		# replace forbidden characters
+		import re
+		self.doc.name = re.sub("[%'\"#*?`]", "", self.doc.title.strip())
+		
 	def onload(self):
 		if not self.doc.public and webnotes.session.user != self.doc.owner:
 			if webnotes.session.user not in [d.user for d in self.doclist if d.doctype=="Note User"]:
diff --git a/utilities/doctype/note/note.txt b/utilities/doctype/note/note.txt
index d14ecf7..a6cdf2b 100644
--- a/utilities/doctype/note/note.txt
+++ b/utilities/doctype/note/note.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
  {
   "creation": "2013-05-24 13:41:00", 
   "docstatus": 0, 
-  "modified": "2013-05-24 16:47:19", 
+  "modified": "2013-05-27 12:16:46", 
   "modified_by": "Administrator", 
   "owner": "Administrator"
  }, 
  {
   "allow_print": 0, 
   "allow_rename": 1, 
-  "autoname": "field:title", 
   "description": "Note is a free page where users can share documents / notes", 
   "doctype": "DocType", 
   "document_type": "Transaction",