diff --git a/core/frontend/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js b/core/frontend/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js
index 62f33ec862..d04dc80be5 100644
--- a/core/frontend/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js
+++ b/core/frontend/apps/amp/lib/helpers/amp_content.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function getAmperizeHTML(html, post) {
     amperize = amperize || new Amperize();
 
     // make relative URLs abolute
-    html = urlUtils.htmlRelativeToAbsolute(html, urlUtils.urlFor('home', true), post.url).html();
+    html = urlUtils.htmlRelativeToAbsolute(html, urlUtils.urlFor('home', true), post.url);
 
     if (!amperizeCache[post.id] || moment(new Date(amperizeCache[post.id].updated_at)).diff(new Date(post.updated_at)) < 0) {
         return new Promise((resolve) => {
diff --git a/core/frontend/services/rss/generate-feed.js b/core/frontend/services/rss/generate-feed.js
index aabfca5e50..ded064996e 100644
--- a/core/frontend/services/rss/generate-feed.js
+++ b/core/frontend/services/rss/generate-feed.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var downsize = require('downsize'),
     Promise = require('bluebird'),
+    cheerio = require('cheerio'),
     RSS = require('rss'),
     urlUtils = require('../../../server/lib/url-utils'),
     urlService = require('../url'),
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ generateTags = function generateTags(data) {
 
 generateItem = function generateItem(post, siteUrl, secure) {
     var itemUrl = urlService.getUrlByResourceId(post.id, {secure: secure, absolute: true}),
-        htmlContent = urlUtils.htmlRelativeToAbsolute(post.html, siteUrl, itemUrl),
+        htmlContent = cheerio.load(urlUtils.htmlRelativeToAbsolute(post.html, siteUrl, itemUrl), {decodeEntities: false}),
         item = {
             title: post.title,
             // @TODO: DRY this up with data/meta/index & other excerpt code
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js
index bd41df7521..ef9b7f71b7 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const forPost = (id, attrs, frame) => {
             urlUtils.urlFor('home', true),
             attrs.url,
             urlOptions
-        ).html();
+        );
     }
 
     if (frame.options.columns && !frame.options.columns.includes('url')) {
diff --git a/core/server/api/v0.1/decorators/urls.js b/core/server/api/v0.1/decorators/urls.js
index 12cd589c25..c186f84d41 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v0.1/decorators/urls.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v0.1/decorators/urls.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const urlsForPost = (id, attrs, options) => {
         }
 
         if (attrs.html) {
-            attrs.html = urlUtils.htmlRelativeToAbsolute(attrs.html, urlUtils.urlFor('home', true), attrs.url).html();
+            attrs.html = urlUtils.htmlRelativeToAbsolute(attrs.html, urlUtils.urlFor('home', true), attrs.url);
         }
 
         if (attrs.url) {
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js b/core/server/api/v2/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js
index abfb15670f..9e7d9f7b41 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/utils/serializers/output/utils/url.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const forPost = (id, attrs, frame) => {
             urlUtils.urlFor('home', true),
             attrs.url,
             urlOptions
-        ).html();
+        );
     }
 
     if (frame.options.columns && !frame.options.columns.includes('url')) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0bf8713ae..e4a3635549 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "@tryghost/members-theme-bindings": "0.2.3",
     "@tryghost/social-urls": "0.1.1",
     "@tryghost/string": "^0.1.3",
-    "@tryghost/url-utils": "0.2.0",
+    "@tryghost/url-utils": "0.3.0",
     "ajv": "6.10.2",
     "amperize": "0.6.0",
     "analytics-node": "3.3.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8a27e6b4a8..eb84565c69 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -267,10 +267,10 @@
   dependencies:
     unidecode "^0.1.8"
 
-"@tryghost/url-utils@0.2.0":
-  version "0.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/url-utils/-/url-utils-0.2.0.tgz#d32b23122ea78b23a63c6ab25d160cbf4f65e53e"
-  integrity sha512-/Ex9z8RUAfAek8z7EMvnDBIV5P88jwL1X4KwXxZy5udn0aQShvSwsO5euOpUcjBOn2ZsUT3aXYsB+pz7uXm8hw==
+"@tryghost/url-utils@0.3.0":
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/url-utils/-/url-utils-0.3.0.tgz#59f101945f56b0e53d8b8ad394c47538beb33d0b"
+  integrity sha512-a0MKw054P6VRAbqqx2C61Tj2RskRouBMt31+tVFCT+Lyy+FxaQD18I/n+pwlnNd6Z5BF+Bi2etSnS3ldRsOfQg==
   dependencies:
     cheerio "0.22.0"
     lodash "4.17.11"