diff --git a/booking.regn_node.inc b/booking.regn_node.inc
index 7c7d962..c5ae667 100644
--- a/booking.regn_node.inc
+++ b/booking.regn_node.inc
@@ -295,12 +295,15 @@ function booking_insert($node) {
 	
 	$data = array();
 	//$default_keys = array('nid', 'type', 'language', 'created', 'promote', 'changed', 'status', 'title');
+	//no longer required since we do this in the form submit hook
+	/*
 	foreach ($node as $key => $value) {
 		//check if the key is a field that belongs in the database
 		if ((strpos($key, "booking_") === 0) || $key === "nid") {
 			$data[$key] = _booking_remove_emoji($value);
 		}
 	}
+	*/
 	watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Inserting node:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r($data, TRUE)));	
 	//watchdog('booking_debug', "<pre>Sanitised data:\n@info</pre>", array('@info' => print_r($data, TRUE)));
 	db_insert('booking_person')->fields($data)->execute();