diff --git a/froide_govplan/signals.py b/froide_govplan/signals.py
index f2fd873..8c43d92 100644
--- a/froide_govplan/signals.py
+++ b/froide_govplan/signals.py
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ from django.db import transaction
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 from .models import GovernmentPlanUpdate, GovernmentPlan
 import re
+import html
 
 def strip_html_tags(text):
     tag_re = re.compile(r'<[^>]+>')
-    return tag_re.sub('', text).decode('utf-8')
+    plain_text = tag_re.sub('', text)
+    return html.unescape(plain_text)
 
 def post_to_mastodon(text):
     mastodon = Mastodon(