diff --git a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
index 44c43e37b..d56e4c379 100644
--- a/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/texthandlertest.cpp
@@ -326,11 +326,19 @@ void TextHandlerTest::receivePlainTextIn()
     const QString testOutputStringRich = QStringLiteral("&lt;plain text in tag bracket&gt;<br>Test link <a href=\"https://kde.org\">https://kde.org</a>.");
     QString testOutputStringPlain = QStringLiteral("<plain text in tag bracket>\nTest link https://kde.org.");
 
+    // Make sure quotes are maintained in a plain string.
+    const QString testInputString2 = QStringLiteral("last line is \"Time to switch to a new topic.\"");
+    const QString testOutputString2 = QStringLiteral("last line is \"Time to switch to a new topic.\"");
+
     TextHandler testTextHandler;
     testTextHandler.setData(testInputString);
 
     QCOMPARE(testTextHandler.handleRecieveRichText(Qt::PlainText), testOutputStringRich);
     QCOMPARE(testTextHandler.handleRecievePlainText(), testOutputStringPlain);
+
+    testTextHandler.setData(testInputString2);
+    QCOMPARE(testTextHandler.handleRecieveRichText(Qt::PlainText), testOutputString2);
+    QCOMPARE(testTextHandler.handleRecievePlainText(), testOutputString2);
 }
 
 void TextHandlerTest::receiveStripNewlines()
diff --git a/src/texthandler.cpp b/src/texthandler.cpp
index f6e6ff8a2..102116f72 100644
--- a/src/texthandler.cpp
+++ b/src/texthandler.cpp
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ QString TextHandler::unescapeHtml(QString stringIn)
     stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&lt;"), QStringLiteral("<"));
     stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&gt;"), QStringLiteral(">"));
     stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&amp;"), QStringLiteral("&"));
+    stringIn.replace(QStringLiteral("&quot;"), QStringLiteral("\""));
     return stringIn;
 }