diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
index 5694b0229..651d31621 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
                         logger.Debug(string.Format("CardigannIndexer ({0}): strdump{1} {2}", Id, strTag, DebugData));
                         break;
                     case "validate":
-                        char[] delimiters = { ',', ' ', '/', ')', '(', '.', ';', '[', ']' };
+                        char[] delimiters = { ',', ' ', '/', ')', '(', '.', ';', '[', ']', '"', '|', ':' };
                         var args = (string)Filter.Args;
                         var argsList = args.ToLower().Split(delimiters, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                         var validList = argsList.ToList();
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
                 case "genre":
                     if (release.Genres == null)
                         release.Genres = new List<string>();
-                    char[] delimiters = { ',', ' ', '/', ')', '(', '.', ';', '[', ']' };
+                    char[] delimiters = { ',', ' ', '/', ')', '(', '.', ';', '[', ']', '"', '|', ':' };
                     release.Genres = release.Genres.Union(value.Split(delimiters, System.StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)).ToList();
                     value = string.Join(", ", release.Genres);
                     break;