diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c3f1ac..9285cdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.5.2
+
+### Fixes
+* urgent fix of html escaping
+
 ## 1.5.1
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/constants.py b/constants.py
index 14da8eb..7296c3f 100644
--- a/constants.py
+++ b/constants.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ blacklistFile = 'word_blacklist.txt'
 configFile = 'config.json'
 faviconDir = Path.cwd() / 'static' / 'icons' / 'favicon'
 appName = 'CatAsk'
-version = '1.5.1'
+version = '1.5.2'
 # id (identifier) is to be interpreted as described in https://semver.org/#spec-item-9
 version_id = '-alpha'
diff --git a/functions.py b/functions.py
index 5aee040..477f949 100644
--- a/functions.py
+++ b/functions.py
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ def renderMarkdown(text):
     # sanity of whoever will use this software
     # (after all, not everyone knows markdown syntax)
     md = mistune.create_markdown(
-        escape=False,
+        escape=True,
         plugins=plugins,
         hard_wrap=True
     )
     html = md(text)
     cleaner = Cleaner(tags=allowed_tags, attributes=allowed_attrs)
     clean_html = cleaner.clean(html)
-    return Markup(html)
+    return Markup(clean_html)
 
 def generateMetadata(question=None, answer=None):
     metadata = {