diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index d65624664..5f5066d75 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ class OStatus
 		}
 
 		XML::addElement($doc, $entry, "id", $item["uri"]);
-		XML::addElement($doc, $entry, "title", $title);
+		XML::addElement($doc, $entry, "title", html_entity_decode($title, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));
 
 		$body = self::formatPicturePost($item['body']);