diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 8cc306d..fc6eb18 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ app.post('/', function(req, res){
     var innerDataJSON = JSON.parse(req.body.data);
     var status = JSON.stringify(innerDataJSON.status, null, 4);
     var stmt = db.prepare("INSERT INTO Alerts (OrigJSON, coreid, published_at, status) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)");
-    stmt.run(
+    stmt.run(   // Use .slice to get rid of leading and trailing double quotes.
         JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 4),
-        JSON.stringify(req.body.coreid, null, 4),
-        JSON.stringify(req.body.published_at, null, 4),
-        status
+        JSON.stringify(req.body.coreid, null, 4).slice(1,-1),
+        JSON.stringify(req.body.published_at, null, 4).slice(1,-1),
+        status.slice(1,-1)
     );
     stmt.finalize();