diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index ecd8276c69..8450f1c2ab 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
 		templates.parse(tpl_url, data, function(template) {
 			translator.translate(template, function(translatedTemplate) {
+				translatedTemplate = translator.unescape(translatedTemplate);
 				$('body').addClass(data.bodyClass);
 				$('#content').html(translatedTemplate);
 
diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 4f7b009a30..65276bc798 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 			if (typeof blockName === 'string') {
 				templates.parse(template, blockName, data, function(html) {
 					translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+						translatedHTML = translator.unescape(translatedHTML);
 						callback($(translatedHTML));
 					});
 				});
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 				callback = data, data = blockName;
 				templates.parse(template, data, function(html) {
 					translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+						translatedHTML = translator.unescape(translatedHTML);
 						callback($(translatedHTML));
 					});
 				});
diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/events.js b/public/src/client/topic/events.js
index ba8c77598e..d65a1c7c47 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/events.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/events.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ define('forum/topic/events', [
 		}
 
 		editedPostEl.fadeOut(250, function() {
-			editedPostEl.html(data.post.content);
+			editedPostEl.html(translator.unescape(data.post.content));
 			editedPostEl.find('img:not(.not-responsive)').addClass('img-responsive');
 			app.replaceSelfLinks(editedPostEl.find('a'));
 			posts.wrapImagesInLinks(editedPostEl.parent());
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ define('forum/topic/events', [
 			if (isDeleted) {
 				postEl.find('[component="post/content"]').translateHtml('[[topic:post_is_deleted]]');
 			} else {
-				postEl.find('[component="post/content"]').html(data.content);
+				postEl.find('[component="post/content"]').html(translator.unescape(data.content));
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/middleware/render.js b/src/middleware/render.js
index 9ae7a50253..2a9d0ba5d2 100644
--- a/src/middleware/render.js
+++ b/src/middleware/render.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ module.exports = function(middleware) {
 						var language = res.locals.config ? res.locals.config.userLang || 'en_GB' : 'en_GB';
 						language = req.query.lang || language;
 						translator.translate(str, language, function(translated) {
+							translated = translator.unescape(translated);
 							translated = translated + '<script id="ajaxify-data" type="application/json">' + ajaxifyData + '</script>';
 							fn(err, translated);
 						});
diff --git a/src/posts/parse.js b/src/posts/parse.js
index efa5667ccc..1af374305d 100644
--- a/src/posts/parse.js
+++ b/src/posts/parse.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 var cache = require('./cache');
 var plugins = require('../plugins');
+var translator = require('../../public/src/modules/translator');
 
 module.exports = function(Posts) {
 
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ module.exports = function(Posts) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
+			data.postData.content = translator.escape(data.postData.content);
+
 			if (global.env === 'production' && data.postData.pid) {
 				cache.set(data.postData.pid, data.postData.content);
 			}