diff --git a/applications/api.moon b/applications/api.moon
index 9752783..2fc8593 100644
--- a/applications/api.moon
+++ b/applications/api.moon
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class API extends Application
     switch @params.action
       when "new"
         unless @params.content or tonumber @params.id
-          @params.content = @params.id
+          @params.content = unescape(@params.id)
         assert_valid @params, { {"content", exists: true, min_length: 1, "Task content not specified."} }
         @task = assert_model Tasks\create user_id: @user.id, content: @params.content
         send_task(@)