diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/events.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/events.js.coffee
index 3b39edd6..a7b0a20a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/events.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/events.js.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $(document).ready ->
     selector: 'textarea#event_description',
     menubar : false,
     schema: 'html5',
+    entity_encoding : 'raw',
     add_unload_trigger: true,
     browser_spellcheck: true,
     toolbar: [