diff --git a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
--- a/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalCharacterDecoder.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@
                     text.append(QLatin1String("<"));
                 } else if (ch == QLatin1Char('>')) {
                     text.append(QLatin1String(">"));
+                } else if (ch == QLatin1Char('&')) {
+                    text.append(QLatin1String("&"));
                 } else {
                     text.append(ch);
                 }