diff --git a/custom_components/youtube/sensor.py b/custom_components/youtube/sensor.py
index c38e03d..74af357 100644
--- a/custom_components/youtube/sensor.py
+++ b/custom_components/youtube/sensor.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 import re
+import html
 
 CONF_CHANNEL_ID = 'channel_id'
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ async def async_update(self):
             self.published = info.split('<published>')[2].split('</')[0]
             thumbnail_url = info.split(
                 '<media:thumbnail url="')[1].split('"')[0]
-            self._state = title
+            self._state = html.unescape(title)
             self._image = thumbnail_url
             self.stars = info.split('<media:starRating count="')[1].split('"')[0]
             self.views = info.split('<media:statistics views="')[1].split('"')[0]