diff --git a/app/layout/layout.phtml b/app/layout/layout.phtml
index d7e9d115b..000a6c0d2 100644
--- a/app/layout/layout.phtml
+++ b/app/layout/layout.phtml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="<?php echo FreshRSS_Context::$system_conf->title; ?>">
 		<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#FFF" />
 <?php if (FreshRSS_Context::$system_conf->allow_robots) { ?>
-		<meta name="description" content="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(FreshRSS_Context::$name . ' | ' . FreshRSS_Context::$description, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?>" />
+		<meta name="description" content="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(FreshRSS_Context::$name . ' | ' . FreshRSS_Context::$description, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?>" />
 <?php } else { ?>
 		<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" />
 <?php } ?>