diff --git a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
index b6f366be..b55cb233 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <ol id="post-list">
 {% for article in articles_page.object_list %}
         <li><article class="hentry">
-                <header> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to {{ article.title|striptags|replace('"', "'") }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2> </header>
+                <header> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to {{ article.title|escape }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2> </header>
                 <footer class="post-info">
                     <time class="published" datetime="{{ article.date.isoformat() }}"> {{ article.locale_date }} </time>
                     <address class="vcard author">By