diff --git a/application/helpers/hlp_common_helper.php b/application/helpers/hlp_common_helper.php
index 707d055ea..3e682e56c 100644
--- a/application/helpers/hlp_common_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/hlp_common_helper.php
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ function sanitizeProblemChars($str)
 		'ss' => '/ß/'
 	);
 
-	return preg_replace($acentos, array_keys($acentos), htmlentities($str, ENT_NOQUOTES | ENT_HTML5, $enc));
+	$tmp = preg_replace($acentos, array_keys($acentos), htmlentities($str, ENT_NOQUOTES | ENT_HTML5, $enc));
+	return html_entity_decode($tmp, ENT_NOQUOTES | ENT_HTML5, $enc);
 }
 
 /**