diff --git a/plugins/notifier/email/MessageNotifierEmail.class.php b/plugins/notifier/email/MessageNotifierEmail.class.php
index b0e5da4..7ba1f39 100644
--- a/plugins/notifier/email/MessageNotifierEmail.class.php
+++ b/plugins/notifier/email/MessageNotifierEmail.class.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class MessageNotifierEmail extends MessageNotifierBase {
 
     // The subject in an email can't be with HTML, so strip it.
     $output['message_notify_email_subject'] = strip_tags($output['message_notify_email_subject']);
+    // decode entities
+    $output['message_notify_email_subject'] = html_entity_decode($output['message_notify_email_subject']);
 
     // Pass the message entity along to hook_drupal_mail().
     $output['message_entity'] = $message;