diff --git a/lib/markup.js b/lib/markup.js
index 148d0cc..87151c0 100644
--- a/lib/markup.js
+++ b/lib/markup.js
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ function replaceDescriptionFor(items) {
 }
 
 function highlight(description) {
+	if (description) {
+		description = description.replace(/&#(\d+);/g, function(match, dec) {
+			return String.fromCharCode(dec)
+		})
+	}
 	let markedup = removeHLJSPrefix(marked(description))
 	let $ = cheerio.load(markedup)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b41d18..3fcd464 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,10 +62,5 @@
 	},
 	"cacheDirectories": [
 		"tmp"
-	],
-	"husky": {
-		"hooks": {
-			"pre-commit": "pretty-quick --staged"
-		}
-	}
+	]
 }