diff --git a/src/renderStatsCard.js b/src/renderStatsCard.js
index 85f5b77..7e9d0cb 100644
--- a/src/renderStatsCard.js
+++ b/src/renderStatsCard.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-const { kFormatter, getCardColors, FlexLayout } = require("../src/utils");
+const {
+  kFormatter,
+  getCardColors,
+  FlexLayout,
+  encodeHTML,
+} = require("../src/utils");
 const getStyles = require("./getStyles");
 const icons = require("./icons");
 
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ const renderStatsCard = (stats = {}, options = { hide: [] }) => {
   const apostrophe = ["x", "s"].includes(name.slice(-1)) ? "" : "s";
   const title = hide_title
     ? ""
-    : `<text x="25" y="35" class="header">${name}'${apostrophe} GitHub Stats</text>`;
+    : `<text x="25" y="35" class="header">${encodeHTML(name)}'${apostrophe} GitHub Stats</text>`;
 
   const border = `
     <rect 
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 465b4da..7cb183e 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ const renderError = (message) => {
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/a/48073476/10629172
 function encodeHTML(str) {
-  return str.replace(/[\u00A0-\u9999<>&](?!#)/gim, function (i) {
-    return "&#" + i.charCodeAt(0) + ";";
-  });
+  return str
+    .replace(/[\u00A0-\u9999<>&](?!#)/gim, (i) => {
+      return "&#" + i.charCodeAt(0) + ";";
+    })
+    .replace(/\u0008/gim, "");
 }
 
 function kFormatter(num) {