diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 6f2502bd..2c496ebd 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 if ($format == 'txt') {
   $license = array_shift(explode('</article>', array_pop(explode('<article>', $license))));
   $license = preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/', '', trim($license));
+  $license = html_entity_decode($license);
   header('content-type: text/plain');
 }