2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/handlebars/utils.js b/lib/handlebars/utils.js
index bd5d0eb..b53c9ef 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/utils.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/utils.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Handlebars.SafeString.prototype.toString = function() {
 
 (function() {
   var escape = {
+    "&": "&amp;",
     "<": "&lt;",
     ">": "&gt;",
     '"': "&quot;",
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ Handlebars.SafeString.prototype.toString = function() {
     "`": "&#x60;"
   };
 
-  var badChars = /&(?!\w+;)|[<>"'`]/g;
+  var badChars = /[&<>"'`]/g;
   var possible = /[&<>"'`]/;
 
   var escapeChar = function(chr) {
diff --git a/spec/qunit_spec.js b/spec/qunit_spec.js
index 3a87d6c..b0ea551 100644
--- a/spec/qunit_spec.js
+++ b/spec/qunit_spec.js
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ test("escaping expressions", function() {
  shouldCompileTo("{{awesome}}", {awesome: "&\"'`\\<>"}, '&amp;&quot;&#x27;&#x60;\\&lt;&gt;',
         "by default expressions should be escaped");
 
+ shouldCompileTo("{{awesome}}", {awesome: "Escaped, <b> looks like: &lt;b&gt;"}, 'Escaped, &lt;b&gt; looks like: &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;',
+        "escaping should properly handle amperstands");
 });
 
 test("functions returning safestrings shouldn't be escaped", function() {