diff --git a/b2-include/b2functions.php b/b2-include/b2functions.php
index 79b8735ef7..5ad8a9a2eb 100644
--- a/b2-include/b2functions.php
+++ b/b2-include/b2functions.php
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ function wptexturize($text) {
 			$curl = preg_replace("/\(r\)/i", '®', $curl);
 
 			$curl = str_replace("''", '”', $curl);
-			$curl = preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{2,8};)/', '&$1', $curl);
 			
 			$curl = preg_replace('/(d+)x(\d+)/', "$1×$2", $curl);
 
@@ -82,6 +81,8 @@ function wpautop($pee, $br=1) {
 	$pee = preg_replace('!(</?(?:table|ul|ol|li|pre|select|form|blockquote|p)>)<br />!', "$1", $pee);
 	$pee = preg_replace('|<p><blockquote([^>]*)>|i', "<blockquote$1><p>", $pee);
 	$pee = str_replace('</blockquote></p>', '</p></blockquote>', $pee);
+	$pee = preg_replace('/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/', '&#038;$1', $pee);
+	
 	return $pee; 
 }