diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/csl.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/csl.js
index 3fa334f52..f4f93242b 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/csl.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/csl.js
@@ -2817,7 +2817,7 @@ Zotero.CSL.FormattedString.prototype.append = function(string, element, dontDeli
 			}
 			
 			if(this.format == "RTF") {
-				string = string.replace(/[\x7F-\uFFFF]/g, Zotero.CSL.FormattedString._rtfEscapeFunction)
+				string = string.replace(/[{}\x7F-\uFFFF]/g, Zotero.CSL.FormattedString._rtfEscapeFunction)
 							.replace("\t", "\\tab ", "g");
 				
 				if(string.substr(string.length-5) == "\\tab ") {
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/integration.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/integration.js
index 47a94b115..27a63553f 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/integration.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/integration.js
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ Zotero.Integration.Document.prototype._updateDocument = function(forceCitations,
 				var citationText = citation.properties.custom;
 				// XML uses real RTF, rather than the format used for
 				// integration, so we have to escape things properly
-				citationText = citationText.replace(/[\x7F-\uFFFF]/g,
+				citationText = citationText.replace(/[{}\x7F-\uFFFF]/g,
 					Zotero.Integration.Session._rtfEscapeFunction).
 					replace("\t", "\\tab ", "g");
 			} else {