diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index 30a5c33..5f963e2 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -42,12 +42,10 @@ export async function getRSSItemTitle(feedUrl) {
 	const item = dom.window.document.querySelector('item')
 	const title = item.querySelector('title').textContent
 	const link = item.querySelector('link').textContent.trim()
-	const cleanTitle = markdownCharEscape(
-		sanitizeHtml(title, {
-			allowedTags: [],
-			allowedAttributes: {},
-		})?.trim(),
-	)
+	const cleanTitle = sanitizeHtml(title, {
+		allowedTags: [],
+		allowedAttributes: {},
+	})?.trim()
 	return { text: cleanTitle, url: link }
 }
 
@@ -56,12 +54,11 @@ export async function getJsonFeedItemTitle(feedUrl, showImage = true) {
 	const data = await res.json()
 	const post = data.items[0]
 	const { title, image, url } = post
-	const cleanTitle = markdownCharEscape(title)
 	const text = !showImage
-		? cleanTitle
+		? title
 		: image
-			? `${cleanTitle} ![${cleanTitle}](${image})`
-			: cleanTitle
+			? `${title} ![${title}](${image})`
+			: title
 	return { text, url }
 }
 
@@ -69,16 +66,17 @@ export async function getJsonFeedItemContent(feedUrl, showImage = true) {
 	const res = await fetch(feedUrl)
 	const data = await res.json()
 	const post = data.items[0]
-	const { content_html, image } = post
+	const { content_html, image, url } = post
 	const title = sanitizeHtml(content_html, {
 		allowedTags: [],
 		allowedAttributes: {},
 	})?.trim()
-	const cleanTitle = markdownCharEscape(title)
-	if (!showImage) {
-		return cleanTitle
-	}
-	return image ? `${cleanTitle} ![${cleanTitle}](${image})` : cleanTitle
+	const text = !showImage
+		? title
+		: image
+			? `${title} ![${title}](${image})`
+			: title
+	return { text, url }
 }
 
 export async function getMalojaScrobble(malojaUrl) {
@@ -89,9 +87,7 @@ export async function getMalojaScrobble(malojaUrl) {
 		title,
 		album: { artists },
 	} = scrobble.track
-	const cleanTitle = markdownCharEscape(title)
-	const cleanArtists = markdownCharEscape(artists.join(', '))
-	return markdownCharEscape(`${cleanTitle}<br />by ${cleanArtists}`)
+	return `${title}<br />by ${artists.join(', ')}`
 }
 
 export async function getLetterboxdActivity(username, showImage = true) {
@@ -101,15 +97,14 @@ export async function getLetterboxdActivity(username, showImage = true) {
 	const item = dom.window.document.querySelector('item')
 	const title = item.querySelector('title').textContent
 	const link = item.querySelector('link').textContent.trim()
-	const cleanTitle = markdownCharEscape(title)
 
-	let text = cleanTitle
+	let text = title
 	if (showImage) {
 		// Parse CDATA content as HTML to extract image
 		const description = item.querySelector('description').textContent
 		const imgMatch = description.match(/<img[^>]+src="([^"]+)"/)
 		const image = imgMatch ? imgMatch[1] : null
-		text = image ? `${cleanTitle} ![${cleanTitle}](${image})` : cleanTitle
+		text = image ? `${title} ![${title}](${image})` : title
 	}
 
 	return { text, url: link }
@@ -124,10 +119,9 @@ export async function getTraktEpisode(username, id, showImage = true) {
 	const entry = dom.window.document.querySelector('entry')
 	const title = entry.querySelector('title').textContent
 	const link = entry.querySelector('link').getAttribute('href')
-	const cleanTitle = markdownCharEscape(title)
 	const text = !showImage
-		? cleanTitle
-		: `${cleanTitle} ![${cleanTitle}](https://widgets.trakt.tv/users/${id}/watched/thumb@2x.jpg?type=episode&image_only=1)`
+		? title
+		: `${title} ![${title}](https://widgets.trakt.tv/users/${id}/watched/thumb@2x.jpg?type=episode&image_only=1)`
 	return { text, url: link }
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +134,7 @@ export async function getTraktMovie(username, showImage = true) {
 	const entry = dom.window.document.querySelector('entry')
 	const title = entry.querySelector('title').textContent
 	const link = entry.querySelector('link').getAttribute('href')
-	return { text: markdownCharEscape(title), url: link }
+	return { text: title, url: link }
 }
 
 export async function getTraktEpisodeAndMovie(username, id, showImage = true) {