diff --git a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
index 4fd8f91f1..523b72f55 100644
--- a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ void TextHandlerTest::componentOutput_data()
                                                                       QVariantMap{{QStringLiteral("class"), QStringLiteral("html")}}}};
     QTest::newRow("quote") << QStringLiteral("<p>Text</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>blockquote</p>\n</blockquote>")
                            << QList<MessageComponent>{MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Text, QStringLiteral("Text"), {}},
-                                                      MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Quote, QStringLiteral("\"blockquote\""), {}}};
+                                                      MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Quote, QStringLiteral("“blockquote”"), {}}};
     QTest::newRow("no tag first paragraph") << QStringLiteral("Text\n<p>Text</p>")
                                             << QList<MessageComponent>{MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Text, QStringLiteral("Text"), {}},
                                                                        MessageComponent{MessageComponentType::Text, QStringLiteral("Text"), {}}};
diff --git a/src/texthandler.cpp b/src/texthandler.cpp
index 33be763a5..2f818534c 100644
--- a/src/texthandler.cpp
+++ b/src/texthandler.cpp
@@ -413,11 +413,11 @@ QString TextHandler::stripBlockTags(QString string, const QString &tagType) cons
             string.remove(0, string.indexOf(u'>') + 1);
             string.remove(string.indexOf(QLatin1String("</p>")), string.size());
         }
-        if (!string.startsWith(u'"')) {
-            string.prepend(u'"');
+        if (!string.startsWith(u'“')) {
+            string.prepend(u'“');
         }
-        if (!string.endsWith(u'"')) {
-            string.append(u'"');
+        if (!string.endsWith(u'”')) {
+            string.append(u'”');
         }
     }