diff --git a/components/LinkedText.vue b/components/LinkedText.vue
index f8605a19..a45bf14f 100644
--- a/components/LinkedText.vue
+++ b/components/LinkedText.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script>
     import Icon from './Icon';
     import spelling from "../plugins/spelling";
+    import { escapeHtml } from '../src/helpers';
 
     export default {
         mixins: [ spelling ],
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
         render(h) {
             let text = this.text;
             if (this.escape) {
-                text = text.replace(/[&<>"]/g, tag => escapeChars[tag] || tag);
+                text = escapeHtml(text);
             }
             if (!this.text) {
                 return h('span');
diff --git a/components/Spelling.vue b/components/Spelling.vue
index 44c775db..dbd8d063 100644
--- a/components/Spelling.vue
+++ b/components/Spelling.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 <script>
     import spelling from "../plugins/spelling";
-
-    const escapeChars = {
-        '&': '&amp;',
-        '<': '&lt;',
-        '>': '&gt;',
-        '"': '&quot;'
-    };
+    import { escapeHtml } from '../src/helpers';
 
     export default {
         mixins: [ spelling ],
@@ -18,7 +12,7 @@
             let text = this.text || '';
             text = text.replace('<script', '');
             if (this.escape) {
-                text = text.replace(/[&<>"]/g, tag => escapeChars[tag] || tag);
+                text = escapeHtml(text);
             }
 
             return h('span', {domProps: { innerHTML: this.handleSpelling(text) }});
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
index c91a6211..fbc578be 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -223,3 +223,12 @@ export const clearKey = (key) => {
 export const sleep = (milliseconds) => {
     return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds));
 }
+
+const escapeChars = {
+    '&': '&amp;',
+    '<': '&lt;',
+    '>': '&gt;',
+    '"': '&quot;'
+};
+
+export const escapeHtml = (text) => text.replace(/[&<>"]/g, tag => escapeChars[tag] || tag);