diff --git a/src/token_position.test.ts b/src/token_position.test.ts
index c5039f40..2a911b8f 100644
--- a/src/token_position.test.ts
+++ b/src/token_position.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ describe('token_positions', () => {
                 }
             }
         })
+
+        it('does not change the text', () => {
+            const text = 'fmt.Sprintf("%5d", someVar)'
+            const elem = dom.createElementFromString(text)
+
+            convertNode(elem)
+
+            expect(elem.textContent).to.equal(text)
+        })
     })
 
     describe('findElementWithOffset()', () => {
diff --git a/src/token_position.ts b/src/token_position.ts
index aa544a61..e34379aa 100644
--- a/src/token_position.ts
+++ b/src/token_position.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export function convertNode(parentNode: HTMLElement): void {
         const isLastNode = i === parentNode.childNodes.length - 1
 
         if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-            let nodeText = unescape(node.textContent || '')
+            let nodeText = node.textContent || ''
             if (nodeText === '') {
                 continue
             }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ const enum TokenType {
  * @param node The node containing the token.
  */
 function getTokenType(node: Node): TokenType {
-    const text = unescape(node.textContent || '')
+    const text = node.textContent || ''
     if (text.length === 0) {
         return TokenType.Other
     }