diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/contactform.php b/contactform.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2f9ebe7..23547a4
--- a/contactform.php
+++ b/contactform.php
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ class antibot {
 
     function __constructor(){
         $passfail = 0;
+        // beter way to filter input data
+        $_POST = filter_var_array($_POST, FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW);
+        $_GET = filter_var_array($_GET, FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW); 
     }
 
     private function fromtest() {
@@ -49,19 +52,12 @@ class antibot {
         return $passfail;
     }
 
-    private function test_input($data) { // Cleans the input 
-        $data = trim($data);
-        $data = stripslashes($data);
-        $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
-        return $data;
-      }
-
     private function sndmsg($target) {
         // First clean the data
-        $fname = $this->test_input($_POST["fname"]);
-        $lname = $this->test_input($_POST["lname"]);
-        $email = $this->test_input($_POST["email"]);
-        $comments = $this->test_input($_POST["comments"]);
+        $fname = $_POST["fname"];
+        $lname = $_POST["lname"];
+        $email = $_POST["email"];
+        $comments = $_POST["comments"];
         // compile cleaned message
         $msg = "From $fname Subject $lname email $email with message $comments";
         mail($target,"Website Form Submission",$msg);