@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
return '';
}
tag = tag.trim().toLowerCase();
tag = tag.replace(/[,\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=_`<>'"~()?\|]/g, '');
tag = tag.replace(/&/g, '&');
tag = tag.replace(/[,\/#!$%\^\*;:{}=_`<>'"~()?\|]/g, '');
tag = tag.substr(0, meta.config.maximumTagLength || 15);
var matches = tag.match(/^[.-]*(.+?)[.-]*$/);
if (matches && matches.length > 1) {