diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/walkRecursive.ts b/backend/src/helpers/walkRecursive.ts
index 4f7adf497..f3be67575 100644
--- a/backend/src/helpers/walkRecursive.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/walkRecursive.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ function walkRecursive(data, fields, fieldName, callback, _key?) {
   if (!Array.isArray(fields)) {
     throw new Error('please provide an fields array for the walkRecursive helper')
   }
-  // console.log(_key)
   const fieldDef = fields.find((f) => f.field === _key)
   if (data && typeof data === 'string' && fieldDef) {
     if (!fieldDef.excludes?.includes(fieldName)) data = callback(data, _key)
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/xssMiddleware.ts b/backend/src/middleware/xssMiddleware.ts
index 33fdcf2c6..c10997e8d 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/xssMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/xssMiddleware.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { cleanHtml } from '../middleware/helpers/cleanHtml'
 
 // exclamation mark separetes field names, that should not be sanitized
 const fields = [
-  { field: 'content', excludes: ['message'] },
+  { field: 'content', excludes: ['CreateMessage', 'Message'] },
   { field: 'contentExcerpt' },
   { field: 'reasonDescription' },
   { field: 'description', excludes: ['embed'] },