diff --git a/src/lambda/syllabus-scraper/utils.py b/src/lambda/syllabus-scraper/utils.py
index 344c936b9..08c9be744 100644
--- a/src/lambda/syllabus-scraper/utils.py
+++ b/src/lambda/syllabus-scraper/utils.py
@@ -82,17 +82,18 @@ def get_eval_criteria(parsed):
     # Case 2: 2 or more rows
     for r in rows[1:]:
         elem = r.getchildren()
-        kind = elem[0].text
+        kind = elem[0].text_context()
         percent = elem[1].text.strip()[:-1] or -1
         try:
             percent = int(percent)
         except ValueError:
             logging.warning(f"Unable to parse percent: {percent}")
-        criteria = to_half_width(elem[2].text)
+        criteria = to_half_width(elem[2].text_context())
+        cleaned_criteria = remove_format_chars(criteria)
         evals.append({
             "t": to_enum(eval_type_map)(kind),
             "p": percent,
-            "c": criteria
+            "c": cleaned_criteria
         })
     return evals
 
@@ -350,3 +351,8 @@ def get_expire_date():
     next_dt = cron_schedule[idx + 1].split('-')
     next_time = now.replace(month=int(next_dt[0]), day=int(next_dt[1]))
     return next_time
+
+
+def remove_format_chars(line):
+    cleaned_line = re.sub(r'[\n\r\t]', ' ', line)
+    return cleaned_line