diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/drools/DroolsValidationService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/drools/DroolsValidationService.java
index 1243511b..6d98ae0c 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/drools/DroolsValidationService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/drools/DroolsValidationService.java
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ public class DroolsValidationService {
 
     private DroolsBlacklistErrorMessage checkAndGetBlackListedMessages(SearchImplementation blacklistedKeywordSearchImplementation, String stringToCheck, int lineIndexStart) {
 
-        String sanitizedRuleText = StringUtils.deleteWhitespace(stringToCheck);
+        String nonWhitespaceRuleText = StringUtils.deleteWhitespace(stringToCheck);
+        String sanitizedRuleText= nonWhitespaceRuleText.replaceAll("\"(\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\"|'(\\\\.|[^'\\\\])*'" ,"");
+
         List<SearchImplementation.MatchPosition> matches = blacklistedKeywordSearchImplementation.getMatches(sanitizedRuleText);
 
         if (!matches.isEmpty()) {