diff --git a/src/mod/string.coffee b/src/mod/string.coffee
index 1e38125..89ddb3c 100644
--- a/src/mod/string.coffee
+++ b/src/mod/string.coffee
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ exports.htmlDecode = (text) ->
     ">": ">"
     """: "\""
     "'": "'"
-  text.replace /[&<>"']/g, (m) -> return map[m]
+  text.replace /(&amp;|&lt;|&gt;|&quot;|&#39;)/g, (m) -> return map[m]
 
 
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