diff --git a/Classes/lib/NSString+XMLSerializableSupport.m b/Classes/lib/NSString+XMLSerializableSupport.m
index ba7393c..a1fd2c5 100644
--- a/Classes/lib/NSString+XMLSerializableSupport.m
+++ b/Classes/lib/NSString+XMLSerializableSupport.m
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 @implementation NSString(XMLSerializableSupport)
 
 + (NSString *)fromXmlString:(NSString *)aString {
-	NSString *temp = [aString gsub:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"&" forKey:@"&"]];
 	NSDictionary* escapeChars = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:@"&",@"&",@"\"",@""",@"'",@"'"
 															 ,@"<",@"&lt;",@">",@"&gt;",nil];
-	return [temp gsub:escapeChars];
+	return [aString gsub:escapeChars];
 	
 }