diff --git a/Frameworks/RSParser/Feeds/JSON/JSONFeedParser.swift b/Frameworks/RSParser/Feeds/JSON/JSONFeedParser.swift
index 4ec70f628..c97744244 100644
--- a/Frameworks/RSParser/Feeds/JSON/JSONFeedParser.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/RSParser/Feeds/JSON/JSONFeedParser.swift
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ private extension JSONFeedParser {
 		if contentHTML == nil && contentText == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
+		let decodedContentHTML = contentHTML?.rsparser_stringByDecodingHTMLEntities()
 
 		let url = itemDictionary["url"] as? String
 		let externalURL = itemDictionary["external_url"] as? String
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ private extension JSONFeedParser {
 		}
 		let attachments = parseAttachments(itemDictionary)
 
-		return ParsedItem(syncServiceID: nil, uniqueID: uniqueID, feedURL: feedURL, url: url, externalURL: externalURL, title: title, contentHTML: contentHTML, contentText: contentText, summary: summary, imageURL: imageURL, bannerImageURL: bannerImageURL, datePublished: datePublished, dateModified: dateModified, authors: authors, tags: tags, attachments: attachments)
+		return ParsedItem(syncServiceID: nil, uniqueID: uniqueID, feedURL: feedURL, url: url, externalURL: externalURL, title: title, contentHTML: decodedContentHTML, contentText: contentText, summary: summary, imageURL: imageURL, bannerImageURL: bannerImageURL, datePublished: datePublished, dateModified: dateModified, authors: authors, tags: tags, attachments: attachments)
 	}
 
 	static func parseUniqueID(_ itemDictionary: JSONDictionary) -> String? {
diff --git a/Frameworks/RSParser/RSParserTests/JSONFeedParserTests.swift b/Frameworks/RSParser/RSParserTests/JSONFeedParserTests.swift
index f43e0fb8e..b7e1a34c4 100644
--- a/Frameworks/RSParser/RSParserTests/JSONFeedParserTests.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/RSParser/RSParserTests/JSONFeedParserTests.swift
@@ -29,4 +29,25 @@ class JSONFeedParserTests: XCTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	func testThatEntitiesAreDecoded() {
+
+		let d = parserData("DaringFireball", "json", "http://daringfireball.net/")
+		let parsedFeed = try! FeedParser.parse(d)
+
+		// https://github.com/brentsimmons/Evergreen/issues/176
+		// In the article titled "The Talk Show: ‘I Do Like Throwing a Baby’",
+		// make sure the content HTML starts with "\n<p>New episode of America’s"
+		// instead of "\n<p>New episode of America&#8217;s" — this will tell us
+		// that entities are being decoded.
+
+		for article in parsedFeed!.items {
+			if article.title == "The Talk Show: ‘I Do Like Throwing a Baby’" {
+				XCTAssert(article.contentHTML!.hasPrefix("\n<p>New episode of America’s"))
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		XCTAssert(false, "Expected to find “The Talk Show: ‘I Do Like Throwing a Baby’” article.")
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/Frameworks/RSParser/Utilities/NSString+RSParser.h b/Frameworks/RSParser/Utilities/NSString+RSParser.h
index 86a99be8b..6b9b65d9c 100755
--- a/Frameworks/RSParser/Utilities/NSString+RSParser.h
+++ b/Frameworks/RSParser/Utilities/NSString+RSParser.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 @import Foundation;
 
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
 @interface NSString (RSParser)
 
 - (NSString *)rsparser_stringByDecodingHTMLEntities;
@@ -16,3 +18,4 @@
 
 @end
 
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END