diff --git a/composables/content-parse.ts b/composables/content-parse.ts
index ad58d8db..d96e2269 100644
--- a/composables/content-parse.ts
+++ b/composables/content-parse.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Node } from 'ultrahtml'
 import { TEXT_NODE, parse, render, walkSync } from 'ultrahtml'
 
 const decoder = process.client ? document.createElement('textarea') : null as any as HTMLTextAreaElement
-function decode(text: string) {
+export function decodeHtml(text: string) {
   decoder.innerHTML = text
   return decoder.value
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export function parseMastodonHTML(html: string, customEmojis: Record<string, Emo
         [/\*(.*?)\*/g, '<em>$1</em>'],
         [/~~(.*?)~~/g, '<del>$1</del>'],
         [/`([^`]+?)`/g, '<code>$1</code>'],
-        [/&[^;]+;/g, (val: string) => decode(val)],
       ] as any
 
       for (const [re, replacement] of replacements) {
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ export function treeToText(input: Node): string {
   let post = ''
 
   if (input.type === TEXT_NODE)
-    return input.value
+    return decodeHtml(input.value)
 
   if (input.name === 'br')
     return '\n'
diff --git a/composables/content-render.ts b/composables/content-render.ts
index b0a6ef61..2affedf2 100644
--- a/composables/content-render.ts
+++ b/composables/content-render.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Node } from 'ultrahtml'
 import { Fragment, h, isVNode } from 'vue'
 import type { VNode } from 'vue'
 import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
-import { parseMastodonHTML } from './content-parse'
+import { decodeHtml, parseMastodonHTML } from './content-parse'
 import ContentCode from '~/components/content/ContentCode.vue'
 import AccountHoverWrapper from '~/components/account/AccountHoverWrapper.vue'
 
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ export function nodeToVNode(node: Node): VNode | string | null {
   }
   return null
 }
+
 function treeToVNode(
   input: Node,
 ): VNode | string | null {
   if (input.type === TEXT_NODE)
-    return input.value as string
+    return decodeHtml(input.value)
 
   if ('children' in input) {
     const node = handleNode(input)
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/html-parse.test.ts.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/html-parse.test.ts.snap
index 55208cf5..0fd2ff3a 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/html-parse.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/html-parse.test.ts.snap
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ exports[`html-parse > empty > html 1`] = `""`;
 
 exports[`html-parse > empty > text 1`] = `""`;
 
+exports[`html-parse > html entities > html 1`] = `
+"<p>Hello &lt;World /&gt;.</p>
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`html-parse > html entities > text 1`] = `"Hello <World />."`;
+
 exports[`html-parse > inline markdown > html 1`] = `"<p>text <code>code</code> <b>bold</b> <em>italic</em> <del>del</del></p><p><pre><code class=\\"language-js\\">code block</code></pre></p>"`;
 
 exports[`html-parse > inline markdown > text 1`] = `
diff --git a/tests/html-parse.test.ts b/tests/html-parse.test.ts
index 354cbacd..cd70365a 100644
--- a/tests/html-parse.test.ts
+++ b/tests/html-parse.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ describe('html-parse', () => {
     expect(formatted).toMatchSnapshot('html')
     expect(serializedText).toMatchSnapshot('text')
   })
+
+  it('html entities', async () => {
+    const { formatted, serializedText } = await render('<p>Hello &lt;World /&gt;.</p>')
+    expect(formatted).toMatchSnapshot('html')
+    expect(serializedText).toMatchSnapshot('text')
+  })
 })
 
 async function render(input: string, emojis?: Record<string, Emoji>) {