diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
index 07851ded7..da7f4283e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ Danbooru.Note = {
         $article.data("y"),
         $article.data("width"),
         $article.data("height"),
-        $article.html()
+        $article.text()
       );
     });
   }
diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index 0f52f89c1..3e4a19d1f 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ class DText
   end
   
   def self.sanitize(text)
+    text.gsub!(/<( |\Z)/, "&lt;\\1")
+    
     Sanitize.clean(
       text,
       :elements => %w(tn h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 a span div blockquote br p ul li ol em strong small big b i font),