diff --git a/handlers/api_handler.go b/handlers/api_handler.go
index a0cddb0a..607827bf 100644
--- a/handlers/api_handler.go
+++ b/handlers/api_handler.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func (h APIHandler) respond(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, response interfac
 	w.WriteHeader(status)
 
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(w)
+	encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
 	err := encoder.Encode(response)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.logger.Error("encoding response", err, lager.Data{"status": status, "response": response})