diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/ui/ForumMessageDataModel.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/ui/ForumMessageDataModel.java
index 8085cba23560757b5d1858268e7ebbc39fdd2c36..3aef74f394a51fffbde11f101b1f44369c86afa8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/ui/ForumMessageDataModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/ui/ForumMessageDataModel.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class ForumMessageDataModel extends DefaultFlexiTreeTableDataModel<Messag
 			switch(ForumMessageCols.values()[col]) {
 				case type: return row.getView().getStatusCode();
 				case mark: return row.getMarkLink();
-				case thread: return StringHelper.escapeHtml(row.getView().getTitle());
+				case thread: return row.getView().getTitle();
 				case lastModified: return row.getView().getLastModified();
 				case newMessage: return row.getView().isNewMessage()? Boolean.TRUE: null;
 				default: return "ERROR";