diff --git a/highlight-lisp.js b/highlight-lisp.js
index 40b7f3e..f4579e5 100644
--- a/highlight-lisp.js
+++ b/highlight-lisp.js
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ var highlight_lisp = function() {
 		html = html.replace(/(^\n|\n$)/g, '');
 		html = html.replace(/<(?!\/?span)/g, '&lt;');
 		// Re-encode stray &s to conform with XHTML
-		html = html.replace(/&/g, '&amp;');
+		//html = html.replace(/&/g, '&amp;');
 		
 		code_el.innerHTML = html;
 	},