diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index df790fb19..cfc29e4fd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  - fixed: DateTime Form Control Bug
  - fixed: Tree Menu is always collapsed
  - fixed: Form/Date and Form/DateTime to properly return MySQL formatted and epoch formatted times
+ - fixed: Invitation EMails Escape Characters
 
 7.5.18
  - fixed: Collateral Image Manager broken in Firefox 3
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Invite.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Invite.pm
index 37ebf9c7e..3fbb99f63 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Invite.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Operation/Invite.pm
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ sub www_inviteUserSave {
     );
 
     ##No sneaky attack paths...
-    $message = WebGUI::HTML::filter($message);
+    $message = WebGUI::HTML::html2text(WebGUI::HTML::filter($message));
 
     ##Create the invitation url.
     my $inviteId = $session->id->generate();