diff --git a/auto_nodetitle.module b/auto_nodetitle.module
index b3ed54e..2322fbc 100644
--- a/auto_nodetitle.module
+++ b/auto_nodetitle.module
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ function _auto_nodetitle_patternprocessor($pattern, $node) {
   }
   // Strip tags.
   $output = preg_replace('/[\t\n\r\0\x0B]/', '', strip_tags($output));
+  $output = html_entity_decode($output, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
   return $output;
 }