diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
index 9bd8aa0077..df757dfba9 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { unescape } from 'lodash'
+
 import TabSwitcher from '../tab_switcher/tab_switcher.js'
 import StyleSwitcher from '../style_switcher/style_switcher.vue'
 import fileSizeFormatService from '../../services/file_size_format/file_size_format.js'
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ const UserSettings = {
   data () {
     return {
       newName: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.name,
-      newBio: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.description,
+      newBio: unescape(this.$store.state.users.currentUser.description),
       newLocked: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.locked,
       newNoRichText: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.no_rich_text,
       newDefaultScope: this.$store.state.users.currentUser.default_scope,