diff --git a/api/data/NMBS/connections.php b/api/data/NMBS/connections.php
index 4c7c74bd..39d75db3 100644
--- a/api/data/NMBS/connections.php
+++ b/api/data/NMBS/connections.php
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ public static function parseHafasXml($serverData, $lang, $fast, $showAlerts = fa
                     $alerts = [];
                     foreach ($conn->IList->I as $info) {
                         $alert = new Alert();
-                        $alert->header = htmlentities(trim($info['header']));
-                        $alert->description = htmlentities(trim($info['text']));
+                        $alert->header = html_entity_decode(htmlentities(trim($info['header'])));
+                        $alert->description = html_entity_decode(htmlentities(trim($info['text'])));
                         array_push($alerts, $alert);
                     }
                     $connection[$i]->alert = $alerts;
diff --git a/api/data/NMBS/liveboard.php b/api/data/NMBS/liveboard.php
index 09bb06ca..a080b860 100644
--- a/api/data/NMBS/liveboard.php
+++ b/api/data/NMBS/liveboard.php
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ private static function parseData($xml, $time, $lang, $fast = false, $showAlerts
                 $himmessage = $journey->HIMMessage;
                 for ($a = 0; $a < count($himmessage); $a++) {
                     $alert = new Alert();
-                    $alert->header = htmlentities(trim($himmessage[$a]['header']));
-                    $alert->description = htmlentities(trim($himmessage[$a]['lead']));
+                    $alert->header = html_entity_decode(htmlentities(trim($himmessage[$a]['header'])));
+                    $alert->description = html_entity_decode(htmlentities(trim($himmessage[$a]['lead'])));
                     array_push($alerts, $alert);
                 }
                 $nodes[$i]->alert = $alerts;
diff --git a/api/data/NMBS/vehicleinformation.php b/api/data/NMBS/vehicleinformation.php
index a9068eca..8a0b426c 100644
--- a/api/data/NMBS/vehicleinformation.php
+++ b/api/data/NMBS/vehicleinformation.php
@@ -219,15 +219,15 @@ private static function getAlerts($html)
 
         foreach ($nodes as $alertnode) {
             $bodysplitter = "*#*";
-            $alertbody = strip_tags($alertnode, '<strong>, <br>');
+            $alertbody = strip_tags($alertnode, '<strong>, <br>, <a>');
             $alertbody = str_replace('</strong>', $bodysplitter, $alertbody);
             $alertbody = str_replace('<strong>', '', $alertbody);
             $alertelements = explode($bodysplitter, $alertbody);
             $header = preg_replace("/&nbsp;|\s*\(.*?\)\s*/i", '', $alertelements[0]);
 
             $alert = new Alert();
-            $alert->header = htmlentities(trim($header));
-            $alert->description = htmlentities(trim($alertelements[1]));
+            $alert->header = html_entity_decode(htmlentities(trim($header)));
+            $alert->description = html_entity_decode(htmlentities(trim($alertelements[1])));
 
             array_push($alerts, $alert);
         }