diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 8996aa2..352a49f 100644
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ except:
     logger.critical("cannot import dependency: pygments")
     from sys import exit
     exit(1)
-
+from cgi import escape
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from urllib import urlencode
 from urlparse import urlparse, urljoin
@@ -433,8 +433,9 @@ def index():
     for result in results:
         if output_format == 'html':
             if 'content' in result and result['content']:
-                result['content'] = highlight_content(result['content'][:1024], search_query.query.encode('utf-8'))
-            result['title'] = highlight_content(result['title'], search_query.query.encode('utf-8'))
+                result['content'] = highlight_content(escape(result['content'][:1024]),
+                                                      search_query.query.encode('utf-8'))
+            result['title'] = highlight_content(escape(result['title']), search_query.query.encode('utf-8'))
         else:
             if result.get('content'):
                 result['content'] = html_to_text(result['content']).strip()