diff --git a/matrix/services/sync/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/message/RichMessageParser.kt b/matrix/services/sync/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/message/RichMessageParser.kt
index 1506c86..97960b2 100644
--- a/matrix/services/sync/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/message/RichMessageParser.kt
+++ b/matrix/services/sync/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/message/RichMessageParser.kt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class RichMessageParser {
 
 }
 
-private fun String.removeHtmlEntities() = this.replace(""", "\"").replace("'", "'").replace("'", "'")
+private fun String.removeHtmlEntities() = this.replace(""", "\"").replace("'", "'").replace("'", "'").replace("&", "&")
 
 private fun String.dropTextFallback() = this.lines()
     .dropWhile { it.startsWith("> ") || it.isEmpty() }
diff --git a/matrix/services/sync/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/RichMessageParserTest.kt b/matrix/services/sync/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/RichMessageParserTest.kt
index 69622d4..796dcfd 100644
--- a/matrix/services/sync/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/RichMessageParserTest.kt
+++ b/matrix/services/sync/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/matrix/sync/internal/sync/RichMessageParserTest.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ class RichMessageParserTest {
         expected = RichText(listOf(Normal("Hello world! \"foo bar\"")))
     )
 
+    @Test
+    fun `replaces ampersand entity`() = runParserTest(
+        input = "Hello & world!",
+        expected = RichText(listOf(Normal("Hello & world!")))
+    )
+
     @Test
     fun `replaces apostrophe entity`() = runParserTest(
         Case(