diff --git a/lib/tweet_transforms.js b/lib/tweet_transforms.js
index ac121224..f06f2543 100644
--- a/lib/tweet_transforms.js
+++ b/lib/tweet_transforms.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var Transforms = {
   transformingSpan: document.createElement("span"),
 
   transformEntities: function(text) {
-    Transforms.transformingSpan.innerHTML = text.replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+    Transforms.transformingSpan.innerHTML = text.replace(/&lt;/g, "<").replace(/&gt;/g, ">");
     return Transforms.transformingSpan.textContent;
   },