diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index 685c061..ee9abdf 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ QUERY
 							$authors[] = $author->name;
 						}
 						$item->author = implode(', ', $authors);
-					} else if(isset($block->text)) {
-						$text .= '<div class="' . $block->type . '">' . $block->text . '</div>'; 
+					} else if(isset($block->text) && $block->type != 'info') {
+						$text .= strip_tags($block->text);
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -446,19 +446,25 @@ QUERY
 			}
 		}
 		$result[] = [
-			'title' => $item->title,
+			'title' => $this->nlpo_convert_utf8($item->title),
 			'url' => 'https://nhgooi.nl/' . $item->url,
-			'text' => $text,
+			'text' => $this->nlpo_convert_utf8($text),
 			'date' => $item->published->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.z\Z'),
  			'art_id' => $item->id,
 			'author' => $item->author,
-			'excerpt' => strip_tags($item->content),
+			'excerpt' => $this->nlpo_convert_utf8(strip_tags($item->content)),
 			'categories' => $tags,
 			'tags' => $tags,
 			'comment_count' => 0
 		];
 	}
-	return response()->json($result);	
+	header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
+	return json_encode($result, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
+    }
+
+    private function nlpo_convert_utf8($str) {
+	    $str = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+	    return $str;
     }
 
     private function itemFromCategory($category, $id) {