diff --git a/examples/cl-repl/app.pro b/examples/cl-repl/app.pro
index 5df5dbc..bca4f3f 100644
--- a/examples/cl-repl/app.pro
+++ b/examples/cl-repl/app.pro
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 ios {
-  DEFINES     += INI_ASDF NO_TEXT_HANDLES
+  DEFINES     += INI_ASDF NO_TEXT_HANDLES DISABLE_SMART_QUOTES
   DEFINES     -= DESKTOP_APP
   INCLUDEPATH = $$(ECL_IOS)/include
   ECL_VERSION = $$lower($$system($ECL_IOS/../ecl-ios-host/bin/ecl -v))
diff --git a/src/cpp/lqml.cpp b/src/cpp/lqml.cpp
index c769c9e..458af19 100644
--- a/src/cpp/lqml.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/lqml.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <QQuickView>
 #include <QDebug>
 
-const char LQML::version[] = "22.8.2"; // August 2022
+const char LQML::version[] = "22.11.1"; // November 2022
 
 extern "C" void ini_LQML(cl_object);
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/main.cpp b/src/cpp/main.cpp
index 32e1917..741b93d 100644
--- a/src/cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/main.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "lqml.h"
 #include "qml_ext.h"
 #include <QDir>
-#include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
@@ -65,9 +64,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 #ifdef INI_WEBVIEW
   QtWebView::initialize();
 #endif
-  QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
-  //app.setOrganizationName("MyProject");
-  //app.setOrganizationDomain("my.org");
+  EventFilterApp app(argc, argv);
   app.setApplicationName(QFileInfo(app.applicationFilePath()).baseName());
   QStringList arguments(QCoreApplication::arguments());
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/main.h b/src/cpp/main.h
index fa2da63..3dfa119 100644
--- a/src/cpp/main.h
+++ b/src/cpp/main.h
@@ -1,13 +1,81 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QQmlEngine>
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QInputMethodEvent>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 class Engine : public QQmlEngine {
-    Q_OBJECT
+  Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    Engine(QObject* parent = nullptr) : QQmlEngine(parent) {}
+  Engine(QObject* parent = nullptr) : QQmlEngine(parent) {}
 
-    Q_PROPERTY (QUrl baseUrl READ baseUrl WRITE setBaseUrl)
+  Q_PROPERTY (QUrl baseUrl READ baseUrl WRITE setBaseUrl)
 
-    Q_INVOKABLE void clearCache() { clearComponentCache(); }
+  Q_INVOKABLE void clearCache() { clearComponentCache(); }
 };
+
+class EventFilterApp : public QGuiApplication {
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  EventFilterApp(int& argc, char* argv[]) : QGuiApplication(argc, argv) {
+#if (defined Q_OS_IOS) && (defined DISABLE_SMART_QUOTES)
+    installEventFilter(this);
+#endif
+  }
+
+#if (defined Q_OS_IOS) && (defined DISABLE_SMART_QUOTES)
+  bool eventFilter(QObject* object, QEvent* event) override {
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::InputMethod) {
+      QInputMethodEvent* input = static_cast<QInputMethodEvent*>(event);
+      QString s = input->commitString();
+      if (s.size() == 1) {
+        bool changed = true;
+        const int code = s.at(0).unicode();
+        switch (code) {
+          // replace iOS smart quotation marks with standard ones
+          // (English, French, German, ...)
+          case 8216:
+          case 8217:
+          case 8218:
+            s[0] = QChar('\'');
+            break;
+          case 171:
+          case 187:
+          case 8220:
+          case 8221:
+          case 8222:
+            s[0] = QChar('"');
+            break;
+          default:
+            changed = false;
+        }
+        if (changed) {
+          input->setCommitString(s);
+        }
+      } else if (s.size() == 2) {
+        bool changed = true;
+        s = s.trimmed();
+        const int code = s.at(0).unicode();
+        switch (code) {
+          // replace iOS smart quotation marks with standard ones
+          // (Frensh, ...)
+          case 171:
+          case 187:
+            s[0] = QChar('"');
+            break;
+          default:
+            changed = false;
+        }
+        if (changed) {
+          input->setCommitString(s);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return QGuiApplication::eventFilter(object, event);
+  }
+#endif
+};
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE