diff --git a/bin/controller.rc b/bin/controller.rc
index 91fa772..3440156 100755
--- a/bin/controller.rc
+++ b/bin/controller.rc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn txt_handler {
     echo '<pre>'
     # XXX Insering a blank line between lines in input is good for fortunes.txt, but maybe not for other .txt files
     # XXX Words are not broken, even if they are way beyond 82 chars long
-    cat $1 |sed 's/$/\n/g; s/</\&gt;/g; s/>/\&lt;/g' |fmt -l 82 -j
+    cat $1 |sed 's/$/\n/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g' |fmt -l 82 -j
     echo '</pre>'
 }