diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index b6a6b15..0165c1e 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def subscribe(bot, update, args):
         update.message.reply_text('❌ Keine Feed-URL angegeben.')
         return
     feed_url = args[0]
-    if not re.match("^http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*(),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+$", feed_url):
+    if not re.match("^http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&~+]|[!*(),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+$", feed_url):
         update.message.reply_text('❌ Das ist keine URL.')
         return
 
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 8b4b99d..977a96d 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import html
 import re
 
 from bot import admins
@@ -30,10 +31,10 @@ def get_new_entries(entries, last_entry):
     return new_entries
 
 
-def remove_html_tags(html):
+def remove_html_tags(rawhtml):
     """Removes HTML tags"""
     cleanr = re.compile('<.*?>')
-    cleantext = re.sub(cleanr, '', html)
+    cleantext = re.sub(cleanr, '', rawhtml)
     return cleantext
 
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ def clean_rss(content):
 
 def get_content(content):
     """Sanitizes content and cuts it to 250 chars"""
-    content = clean_rss(remove_html_tags(content).strip())
+    content = clean_rss(remove_html_tags(html.unescape(content)).strip())
     if len(content) > 250:
         content = content[0:250] + '...'
     return content