diff --git a/markov.py b/markov.py
index a6aa4e1..0d38220 100755
--- a/markov.py
+++ b/markov.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import dbtools, twitools
-import argparse, markovify, nltk, operator, random, re, sys
+import argparse, html, markovify, nltk, operator, random, re, sys
 
 class Possy(markovify.NewlineText):
  def word_split(self, sentence):
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def getText(db = dbtools.dbHelper()):
  text = ""
  for string in db.executeQuery('SELECT text FROM tweets WHERE text NOT LIKE "@%" AND text NOT LIKE "RT %";'):
   text += string[0] + "\n"
- return "".join([s for s in text.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()])
+ return html.unescape("".join([s for s in text.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()]))
 
 def markovifyText(text):
  return Possy(text).make_short_sentence(130).replace("@", "@​")