diff --git a/src/osd/osdbase.cpp b/src/osd/osdbase.cpp
index 0ac188ac..968f1cc5 100644
--- a/src/osd/osdbase.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/osdbase.cpp
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ void OSDBase::ShowPlaying(const Song &song, const QUrl &cover_url, const QImage
       message_parts << tr("track %1").arg(song.track());
   }
 
-  summary = summary.remove('&').simplified();
-  QString message = message_parts.join(", ").remove('&').simplified();
+  QString message = message_parts.join(", ");
 
   if (show_art_) {
     ShowMessage(summary, message, "notification-audio-play", image);
diff --git a/src/osd/osddbus.cpp b/src/osd/osddbus.cpp
index 5b6fd8af..d9f9baee 100644
--- a/src/osd/osddbus.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/osddbus.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ void OSDDBus::ShowMessageNative(const QString &summary, const QString &message,
   if (!interface_) return;
 
   QVariantMap hints;
+  QString summary_stripped = summary;
+  QString message_stripped = message;
+  summary_stripped = summary_stripped.remove('&').simplified();
+  message_stripped = message_stripped.remove('&').simplified();
 
   if (!image.isNull()) {
     if (version_ >= QVersionNumber(1, 2)) {
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ void OSDDBus::ShowMessageNative(const QString &summary, const QString &message,
     id = notification_id_;
   }
 
-  QDBusPendingReply<uint> reply = interface_->Notify(app_name(), id, icon, summary, message, QStringList(), hints, timeout_msec());
+  QDBusPendingReply<uint> reply = interface_->Notify(app_name(), id, icon, summary_stripped, message_stripped, QStringList(), hints, timeout_msec());
   QDBusPendingCallWatcher *watcher = new QDBusPendingCallWatcher(reply, this);
   connect(watcher, SIGNAL(finished(QDBusPendingCallWatcher*)), SLOT(CallFinished(QDBusPendingCallWatcher*)));