diff --git a/kernel/model/blockinfo.go b/kernel/model/blockinfo.go
index 2d8adfc3e..3152f6dc0 100644
--- a/kernel/model/blockinfo.go
+++ b/kernel/model/blockinfo.go
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ func buildBlockBreadcrumb(node *ast.Node, excludeTypes []string, isEmbedBlock bo
 		}
 
 		name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, editor.Caret, "")
+		name = util.UnescapeHTML(name)
 		name = util.EscapeHTML(name)
 
 		if !isEmbedBlock && parent == node {
diff --git a/kernel/model/render.go b/kernel/model/render.go
index 565fa9bf5..1a9cb6963 100644
--- a/kernel/model/render.go
+++ b/kernel/model/render.go
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ package model
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"github.com/88250/lute/editor"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/88250/gulu"
 	"github.com/88250/lute"
 	"github.com/88250/lute/ast"
+	"github.com/88250/lute/editor"
 	"github.com/88250/lute/html"
 	"github.com/88250/lute/parse"
 	"github.com/88250/lute/render"
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func renderBlockText(node *ast.Node, excludeTypes []string) (ret string) {
 	ret = sql.NodeStaticContent(node, excludeTypes, false, false, false)
 	ret = strings.TrimSpace(ret)
 	ret = strings.ReplaceAll(ret, "\n", "")
+	ret = util.UnescapeHTML(ret)
 	ret = util.EscapeHTML(ret)
 	ret = strings.TrimSpace(ret)
 	if "" == ret {