diff --git a/rslib/src/text.rs b/rslib/src/text.rs
index 85a713539..7af9635a1 100644
--- a/rslib/src/text.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/text.rs
@@ -138,10 +138,9 @@ pub fn strip_html_preserving_entities(html: &str) -> Cow<str> {
 pub fn decode_entities(html: &str) -> Cow<str> {
     if html.contains('&') {
         match htmlescape::decode_html(html) {
-            Ok(text) => text.replace('\u{a0}', " "),
-            Err(e) => format!("{:?}", e),
+            Ok(text) => text.replace('\u{a0}', " ").into(),
+            Err(_) => html.into(),
         }
-        .into()
     } else {
         // nothing to do
         html.into()