diff --git a/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py b/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
index b0ccea5..ec8afe1 100644
--- a/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
+++ b/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def extract(self,local_filename):
             print('Creating formatted geocoded file...')
             writer = csv.DictWriter(open(local_filename,'wb'),fieldnames=RG_COLUMNS)
             rows = []
-            for row in csv.reader(open(cities1000_filename,'rb'),delimiter='\t'):
+            for row in csv.reader(open(cities1000_filename,'rb'),delimiter='\t',quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE):
                 lat = row[GN_COLUMNS['latitude']]
                 lon = row[GN_COLUMNS['longitude']]
                 name = row[GN_COLUMNS['asciiName']]