diff --git a/extensions/elevenlabs_tts/script.py b/extensions/elevenlabs_tts/script.py
index 2324d782..68ae16bd 100644
--- a/extensions/elevenlabs_tts/script.py
+++ b/extensions/elevenlabs_tts/script.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import html
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def output_modifier(string):
     output_file = Path(f'extensions/elevenlabs_tts/outputs/{wav_idx:06d}.mp3'.format(wav_idx))
     print(f'Outputting audio to {str(output_file)}')
     try:
-        audio = elevenlabs.generate(text=string, voice=params['selected_voice'], model=params['model'])
+        audio = elevenlabs.generate(text=html.unescape(string), voice=params['selected_voice'], model=params['model'])
         elevenlabs.save(audio, str(output_file))
 
         autoplay = 'autoplay' if params['autoplay'] else ''
diff --git a/extensions/silero_tts/script.py b/extensions/silero_tts/script.py
index 707d919b..e7616918 100644
--- a/extensions/silero_tts/script.py
+++ b/extensions/silero_tts/script.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import html
 import random
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ def output_modifier(string, state):
     else:
         output_file = Path(f'extensions/silero_tts/outputs/{state["character_menu"]}_{int(time.time())}.wav')
         prosody = '<prosody rate="{}" pitch="{}">'.format(params['voice_speed'], params['voice_pitch'])
-        silero_input = f'<speak>{prosody}{xmlesc(string)}</prosody></speak>'
+        silero_input = f'<speak>{prosody}{xmlesc(html.unescape(string))}</prosody></speak>'
         model.save_wav(ssml_text=silero_input, speaker=params['speaker'], sample_rate=int(params['sample_rate']), audio_path=str(output_file))
 
         autoplay = 'autoplay' if params['autoplay'] else ''