diff --git a/app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb b/app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb
index 2660eda81..e04f6ec7e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ protected
   end
 
   def strip_tags(s)
-    Rails::Html::FullSanitizer.new.sanitize(s)
+    Rails::Html::FullSanitizer.new.sanitize(s, encode_special_chars: false)
   end
 
   def find_post_by_url(normalized_url)