diff --git a/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts b/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts
index 2a7330091..f3f9515f8 100644
--- a/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts
@@ -127,4 +127,10 @@ second line 2</code></pre><ul><li>Hello</li><li>world</li></ul><ol><li>Hello</li
         expect(markdownService.renderToHtml(input, "Title")).toStrictEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it("does not escape unneeded characters", () => {
+        const input = `It's important to note that these examples are not natively supported by Trilium out of the box; instead, they demonstrate what you can build within Trilium.`;
+        const expected = `<p>It's important to note that these examples are not natively supported by Trilium out of the box; instead, they demonstrate what you can build within Trilium.</p>`;
+        expect(markdownService.renderToHtml(input, "Title")).toStrictEqual(expected);
+    });
+
 });
diff --git a/src/services/import/markdown.ts b/src/services/import/markdown.ts
index aa714d253..95ff3b124 100644
--- a/src/services/import/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/markdown.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function renderToHtml(content: string, title: string) {
 
     // h1 handling needs to come before sanitization
     html = importUtils.handleH1(html, title);
-    // html = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(html);
+    html = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(html);
 
     // Remove slash for self-closing tags to match CKEditor's approach.
     html = html.replace(/<(\w+)([^>]*)\s+\/>/g, "<$1$2>");