diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e531917..3fe7b4f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 .tmp_*
 node_modules
 coverage
+.idea
diff --git a/helper/htmlEntities.js b/helper/htmlEntities.js
index 4b78d743..cc088303 100644
--- a/helper/htmlEntities.js
+++ b/helper/htmlEntities.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ var htmlEntities = {
   gt: '>',
   quot: '"',
   amp: '&',
-  apos: '\''
+  apos: '\'',
+  shy: ''
 };
 
 module.exports = htmlEntities;
diff --git a/tests/unescapeHTML.js b/tests/unescapeHTML.js
index 583ae050..6d08d482 100644
--- a/tests/unescapeHTML.js
+++ b/tests/unescapeHTML.js
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ test('#unescapeHTML', function(){
   equal(unescapeHTML(null), '');
   equal(unescapeHTML(undefined), '');
   equal(unescapeHTML(5), '5');
+  equal(unescapeHTML('­'), '');
 });