diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 906c785e..152d2a7f 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 if ($format == 'txt') {
   $license = array_shift(explode('</article>', array_pop(explode('<article>', $license))));
   $license = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', trim($license));
-  $license = html_entity_decode($license);
+  $license = html_entity_decode($license, ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML401, 'UTF-8');
   header('content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8');
 }