diff --git a/src/rdf-mappings/map-tblBranch.py b/src/rdf-mappings/map-tblBranch.py
index 3235c6cc52714b7b541b15b1a4d49554c7500bdb..97f9a5c0f3eec2712ce772538dcc7a6447b5c8e2 100644
--- a/src/rdf-mappings/map-tblBranch.py
+++ b/src/rdf-mappings/map-tblBranch.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def create_owl_class_from_string(new_class_name, sub_class_of=None, create_prope
         new_class_name = mapping_config['term_mappings'].get(new_class_name)
 
     new_class_name = new_class_name.replace("'", '')
+    new_class_name = new_class_name.replace('"', '')
     new_class_name = str(new_class_name).title()
     new_class_name = new_class_name.replace(' ', '')