diff --git a/scripts/play.php b/scripts/play.php
index 34340af..bf6df3c 100644
--- a/scripts/play.php
+++ b/scripts/play.php
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ if(!isset($_GET['species']) && !isset($_GET['filename'])){
 while($results=$result->fetchArray(SQLITE3_ASSOC))
 {
   $name = $results['Com_Name'];
-  if(realpath($home."/BirdSongs/Extracted/By_Date/".$date."/".str_replace(" ", "_",$name)) !== false){
+  $dir_name = str_replace("'", '', $name);
+  if(realpath($home."/BirdSongs/Extracted/By_Date/".$date."/".str_replace(" ", "_", $dir_name)) !== false){
     $birds[] = $name;
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/todays_detections.php b/scripts/todays_detections.php
index 02ee33b..f7f3f68 100644
--- a/scripts/todays_detections.php
+++ b/scripts/todays_detections.php
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if(isset($_GET['ajax_detections']) && $_GET['ajax_detections'] == "true"  ) {
     $iterations++;
 
   $comname = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $todaytable['Com_Name']);
-  $comname = preg_replace('/\'/', '_', $comname);
+  $comname = preg_replace('/\'/', '', $comname);
   $filename = "/By_Date/".date('Y-m-d')."/".$comname."/".$todaytable['File_Name'];
   $filename_formatted = $todaytable['Date']."/".$comname."/".$todaytable['File_Name'];
   $sciname = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $todaytable['Sci_Name']);