diff --git a/src/widgets/side-nav.jsx b/src/widgets/side-nav.jsx
index bc183ee..1844c6f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/side-nav.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/side-nav.jsx
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class SideNavSync extends PureComponent {
         let { route, postLists } = this.props;
         let { categorySlug } = route.params;
         let name = _.get(category, 'name', '');
-        let description = _.get(category, 'description', '');
+        let description = _.unescape(_.get(category, 'description', '').replace(/'/g, "'"));
         let url = route.prefetchObjectURL(category);
         let className;
         if (category.slug === categorySlug) {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class SideNavSync extends PureComponent {
         let { route, postLists } = this.props;
         let { tagSlug } = route.params;
         let name = _.get(tag, 'name', '');
-        let description = _.get(tag, 'description', '');
+        let description = _.unescape(_.get(tag, 'description', '').replace(/'/g, "'"));
         let url = route.prefetchObjectURL(tag);
         let className;
         if (tag.slug === tagSlug) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/top-nav.jsx b/src/widgets/top-nav.jsx
index 3d15842..63fab2c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/top-nav.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/top-nav.jsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TopNavSync extends PureComponent {
     renderTitleBar() {
         let { route, site } = this.props;
         let name = _.get(site, 'name', '');
-        let description = _.get(site, 'description', '');
+        let description = _.unescape(_.get(site, 'description', '').replace(/'/g, "'"));
         let url = route.getRootURL();
         return (
             <div className="title-bar">