diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 2d8e1fd..e6ef263 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -1132,14 +1132,14 @@ int html_get_handler(d_char *req, char *q_path, char **body, int *b_size, char *
             xs *title   = xs_dup(content);
             int i = -1;
 
-            /* escape tags */
-            content = xs_replace_i(content, "<", "&lt;");
-            content = xs_replace_i(content, ">", "&gt;");
-
             /* add the post link */
             xs *l = xs_fmt("<p><a href=\"%s\">%s</a><p>", id, id);
             content = xs_str_cat(content, l);
 
+            /* escape tags */
+            content = xs_replace_i(content, "<", "&lt;");
+            content = xs_replace_i(content, ">", "&gt;");
+
             if (strlen(title) > 40)
                 title = xs_crop(title, 0, i = 40);