diff --git a/convert.rb b/convert.rb
index 46d0393..611f693 100644
--- a/convert.rb
+++ b/convert.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ require "open3"
 require "nokogiri"
 require "net/http"
 require "json"
+require "cgi"
 
 def render_cached(cache, display, string, render_comment = nil)
+  string = CGI.unescapeHTML string
   cache.fetch(string) do |new|
     puts "  Rendering #{render_comment || new}"
     res = Net::HTTP.post URI("http://localhost:8000/render"),