1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
index 9bd8aa00..7a2400f2 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const UserSettings = {
   data () {
     return {
       newName: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.name,
-      newBio: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.description,
+      newBio: this.parseEntities(this.$store.state.users.currentUser.description),
       newLocked: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.locked,
       newNoRichText: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.no_rich_text,
       newDefaultScope: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.default_scope,
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ const UserSettings = {
     logout () {
       this.$store.dispatch('logout')
       this.$router.replace('/')
+    },
+    parseEntities (text) {
+      const parser = new DOMParser
+      const dom = parser.parseFromString(
+        '<!doctype html><body>' + text,
+        'text/html')
+      const decodedText = dom.body.textContent
+      return decodedText
     }
   }
 }