diff --git a/js/tag-it.js b/js/tag-it.js
index 078c264f..7dc7a523 100644
--- a/js/tag-it.js
+++ b/js/tag-it.js
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 
         _cleanedInput: function() {
             // Returns the contents of the tag input, cleaned and ready to be passed to createTag
-            return $.trim(this.tagInput.val().replace(/^"(.*)"$/, '$1'));
+            return $.trim(this.tagInput.val());
         },
 
         _lastTag: function() {
diff --git a/js/tag-it.min.js b/js/tag-it.min.js
index fd6140c8..a0e327e4 100644
--- a/js/tag-it.min.js
+++ b/js/tag-it.min.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ d,{tag:c,tagLabel:a.tagLabel(c)})):a.tagInput.focus()});var c=!1;if(this.options
 b.ui.keyCode.TAB&&""!==a.tagInput.val()||c.which==b.ui.keyCode.SPACE&&!0!==a.options.allowSpaces&&('"'!=b.trim(a.tagInput.val()).replace(/^s*/,"").charAt(0)||'"'==b.trim(a.tagInput.val()).charAt(0)&&'"'==b.trim(a.tagInput.val()).charAt(b.trim(a.tagInput.val()).length-1)&&0!==b.trim(a.tagInput.val()).length-1))c.which===b.ui.keyCode.ENTER&&""===a.tagInput.val()||c.preventDefault(),a.options.autocomplete.autoFocus&&a.tagInput.data("autocomplete-open")||(a.tagInput.autocomplete("close"),a.createTag(a._cleanedInput()))}).blur(function(b){a.tagInput.data("autocomplete-open")||
 a.createTag(a._cleanedInput())});if(this.options.availableTags||this.options.tagSource||this.options.autocomplete.source)d={select:function(b,c){a.createTag(c.item.value);return!1}},b.extend(d,this.options.autocomplete),d.source=this.options.tagSource||d.source,this.tagInput.autocomplete(d).bind("autocompleteopen.tagit",function(b,c){a.tagInput.data("autocomplete-open",!0)}).bind("autocompleteclose.tagit",function(b,c){a.tagInput.data("autocomplete-open",!1)}),this.tagInput.autocomplete("widget").addClass("tagit-autocomplete")},
 destroy:function(){b.Widget.prototype.destroy.call(this);this.element.unbind(".tagit");this.tagList.unbind(".tagit");this.tagInput.removeData("autocomplete-open");this.tagList.removeClass("tagit ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all tagit-hidden-field");this.element.is("input")?(this.element.removeClass("tagit-hidden-field"),this.tagList.remove()):(this.element.children("li").each(function(){b(this).hasClass("tagit-new")?b(this).remove():(b(this).removeClass("tagit-choice ui-widget-content ui-state-default ui-state-highlight ui-corner-all remove tagit-choice-editable tagit-choice-read-only"),
-b(this).text(b(this).children(".tagit-label").text()))}),this.singleFieldNode&&this.singleFieldNode.remove());return this},_cleanedInput:function(){return b.trim(this.tagInput.val().replace(/^"(.*)"$/,"$1"))},_lastTag:function(){return this.tagList.find(".tagit-choice:last:not(.removed)")},_tags:function(){return this.tagList.find(".tagit-choice:not(.removed)")},assignedTags:function(){var a=this,c=[];this.options.singleField?(c=b(this.options.singleFieldNode).val().split(this.options.singleFieldDelimiter),
-""===c[0]&&(c=[])):this._tags().each(function(){c.push(a.tagLabel(this))});return c},_updateSingleTagsField:function(a){b(this.options.singleFieldNode).val(a.join(this.options.singleFieldDelimiter)).trigger("change")},_subtractArray:function(a,c){for(var d=[],f=0;f<a.length;f++)-1==b.inArray(a[f],c)&&d.push(a[f]);return d},tagLabel:function(a){return this.options.singleField?b(a).find(".tagit-label:first").text():b(a).find("input:first").val()},_showAutocomplete:function(){this.tagInput.autocomplete("search",
-"")},_findTagByLabel:function(a){var c=this,d=null;this._tags().each(function(f){if(c._formatStr(a)==c._formatStr(c.tagLabel(this)))return d=b(this),!1});return d},_isNew:function(a){return!this._findTagByLabel(a)},_formatStr:function(a){return this.options.caseSensitive?a:b.trim(a.toLowerCase())},_effectExists:function(a){return Boolean(b.effects&&(b.effects[a]||b.effects.effect&&b.effects.effect[a]))},createTag:function(a,c,d){var f=this;a=b.trim(a);this.options.preprocessTag&&(a=this.options.preprocessTag(a));
+b(this).text(b(this).children(".tagit-label").text()))}),this.singleFieldNode&&this.singleFieldNode.remove());return this},_cleanedInput:function(){return b.trim(this.tagInput.val())},_lastTag:function(){return this.tagList.find(".tagit-choice:last:not(.removed)")},_tags:function(){return this.tagList.find(".tagit-choice:not(.removed)")},assignedTags:function(){var a=this,c=[];this.options.singleField?(c=b(this.options.singleFieldNode).val().split(this.options.singleFieldDelimiter),""===c[0]&&(c=
+[])):this._tags().each(function(){c.push(a.tagLabel(this))});return c},_updateSingleTagsField:function(a){b(this.options.singleFieldNode).val(a.join(this.options.singleFieldDelimiter)).trigger("change")},_subtractArray:function(a,c){for(var d=[],f=0;f<a.length;f++)-1==b.inArray(a[f],c)&&d.push(a[f]);return d},tagLabel:function(a){return this.options.singleField?b(a).find(".tagit-label:first").text():b(a).find("input:first").val()},_showAutocomplete:function(){this.tagInput.autocomplete("search","")},
+_findTagByLabel:function(a){var c=this,d=null;this._tags().each(function(f){if(c._formatStr(a)==c._formatStr(c.tagLabel(this)))return d=b(this),!1});return d},_isNew:function(a){return!this._findTagByLabel(a)},_formatStr:function(a){return this.options.caseSensitive?a:b.trim(a.toLowerCase())},_effectExists:function(a){return!(!b.effects||!(b.effects[a]||b.effects.effect&&b.effects.effect[a]))},createTag:function(a,c,d){var f=this;a=b.trim(a);this.options.preprocessTag&&(a=this.options.preprocessTag(a));
 if(""===a)return!1;if(!this.options.allowDuplicates&&!this._isNew(a))return a=this._findTagByLabel(a),!1!==this._trigger("onTagExists",null,{existingTag:a,duringInitialization:d})&&this._effectExists("highlight")&&a.effect("highlight"),!1;if(this.options.tagLimit&&this._tags().length>=this.options.tagLimit)return this._trigger("onTagLimitExceeded",null,{duringInitialization:d}),!1;var g=b(this.options.onTagClicked?'<a class="tagit-label"></a>':'<span class="tagit-label"></span>').text(a),e=b("<li></li>").addClass("tagit-choice ui-widget-content ui-state-default ui-corner-all").addClass(c).append(g);
 this.options.readOnly?e.addClass("tagit-choice-read-only"):(e.addClass("tagit-choice-editable"),c=b("<span></span>").addClass("ui-icon ui-icon-close"),c=b('<a><span class="text-icon">\u00d7</span></a>').addClass("tagit-close").append(c).click(function(a){f.removeTag(e)}),e.append(c));this.options.singleField||(g=g.html(),e.append('<input type="hidden" value="'+g+'" name="'+this.options.fieldName+'" class="tagit-hidden-field" />'));!1!==this._trigger("beforeTagAdded",null,{tag:e,tagLabel:this.tagLabel(e),
 duringInitialization:d})&&(this.options.singleField&&(g=this.assignedTags(),g.push(a),this._updateSingleTagsField(g)),this._trigger("onTagAdded",null,e),this.tagInput.val(""),this.tagInput.parent().before(e),this._trigger("afterTagAdded",null,{tag:e,tagLabel:this.tagLabel(e),duringInitialization:d}),this.options.showAutocompleteOnFocus&&!d&&setTimeout(function(){f._showAutocomplete()},0))},removeTag:function(a,c){c="undefined"===typeof c?this.options.animate:c;a=b(a);this._trigger("onTagRemoved",