diff --git a/src/main/java/me/kavin/piped/utils/ChannelHelpers.java b/src/main/java/me/kavin/piped/utils/ChannelHelpers.java
index cee7e79..63ecf0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/kavin/piped/utils/ChannelHelpers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/kavin/piped/utils/ChannelHelpers.java
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 package me.kavin.piped.utils;
 
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.*;
 import me.kavin.piped.consts.Constants;
 import me.kavin.piped.utils.obj.db.Channel;
 import me.kavin.piped.utils.obj.db.Video;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.hibernate.StatelessSession;
 
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndContent;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndContentImpl;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntryImpl;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndPerson;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndPersonImpl;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ public class ChannelHelpers {
         SyndPerson person = new SyndPersonImpl();
         SyndContent content = new SyndContentImpl();
         SyndContent thumbnail = new SyndContentImpl();
-        
+
         person.setName(channel.getUploader());
         person.setUri(Constants.FRONTEND_URL + "/channel/" + channel.getUploaderId());
         entry.setAuthors(Collections.singletonList(person));
@@ -87,12 +82,17 @@ public class ChannelHelpers {
         String contentText = String.format("Title: %s\nViews: %d\nId: %s\nDuration: %d\nIs YT Shorts: %b", video.getTitle(), video.getViews(), video.getId(), video.getDuration(), video.isShort());
         content.setValue(contentText);
 
-        String thumbnailContent = String.format("<a href=\"%s\"><img src=\"%s\"/></a>", Constants.FRONTEND_URL + "/watch?v=" + video.getId(), video.getThumbnail());
+        String thumbnailContent = StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml11(
+                String.format("<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><a href=\"%s\"><img src=\"%s\"/></a></div>",
+                        Constants.FRONTEND_URL + "/watch?v=" + video.getId()
+                        , video.getThumbnail()
+                )
+        );
         thumbnail.setType("xhtml");
         thumbnail.setValue(thumbnailContent);
 
         entry.setContents(List.of(thumbnail, content));
-        
+
         return entry;
     }
 }