diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1443b16..4915a4f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -620,6 +620,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "htmlescape"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9025058dae765dee5070ec375f591e2ba14638c63feff74f13805a72e523163"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.1.21"
@@ -1492,10 +1498,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "scootaloo"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "egg-mode",
+ "htmlescape",
  "mammut",
  "reqwest 0.10.3",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fae1731..0466cc3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "scootaloo"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 authors = ["VC <veretcle+framagit@mateu.be>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ egg-mode = "^0.13"
 mammut = "^0.13"
 
 reqwest = { version = "^0.10", features = ["blocking"] }
+
+htmlescape = "^0.3"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8c92ddc..dcf1329 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ use mammut::{
 // reqwest
 use reqwest::blocking::Client;
 
+// htmlescape
+use htmlescape::decode_html;
+
 /**********
  * Generic usage functions
 ***********/
@@ -144,9 +147,9 @@ fn build_basic_status(tweet: &Tweet) -> Result<StatusBuilder, Box<dyn Error>> {
         toot = toot.replace(&decoded_url.0, &decoded_url.1);
     }
 
-    // remove the &amp; and replace it with &
-    // this is the only entities and/or char that is not available via Twitter API
-    toot = toot.replace("&amp;", "&");
+    if let Ok(t) = decode_html(&toot) {
+        toot = t;
+    }
 
     Ok(StatusBuilder::new(toot))
 }