diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 042c228ff8545de2e408bd3aa6877c3dc26f8cd8..0174c566bf6670bbe737b3b6bdd90519d70a6f8c 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func stripInvalidCharacters(email string) string {
 	cleanEmail = strings.ReplaceAll(cleanEmail, "*", "")
 	cleanEmail = strings.ReplaceAll(cleanEmail, "!", "")
 	cleanEmail = strings.ReplaceAll(cleanEmail, "+", "")
+	cleanEmail = strings.ReplaceAll(cleanEmail, "`", "")
 
 	// Trim invalid characters, like underscore, so that it still fails if it's inside the email
 	cleanEmail = strings.Trim(cleanEmail, "_")