diff --git a/delete.php b/delete.php
index c20fef6..78e60de 100644
--- a/delete.php
+++ b/delete.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 include("config.php");
 
 //getting id of the data from url
-$id = $_GET['id'];
+$id = mysqli_real_escape_string($_GET['id']);
 
 //deleting the row from table
 $result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "DELETE FROM users WHERE id=$id");