diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/issuu.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/issuu.py
index b900113c..65717b49 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/issuu.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/issuu.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class IssuuPublicationExtractor(IssuuBase, GalleryExtractor):
 
     def metadata(self, page):
         pos = page.rindex('id="initial-data"')
-        data = util.json_loads(text.rextract(
-            page, '<script data-json="', '"', pos)[0].replace("&quot;", '"'))
+        data = util.json_loads(text.unescape(text.rextract(
+            page, '<script data-json="', '"', pos)[0]))
 
         doc = data["initialDocumentData"]["document"]
         doc["date"] = text.parse_datetime(
diff --git a/test/results/issuu.py b/test/results/issuu.py
index 3503a0c6..015464e6 100644
--- a/test/results/issuu.py
+++ b/test/results/issuu.py
@@ -34,6 +34,37 @@ __tests__ = (
     "num"      : int,
 },
 
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://issuu.com/foodhome1955/docs/fh_winter2025-issuu-011625",
+    "#comment" : "HTML escapes",
+    "#class"   : issuu.IssuuPublicationExtractor,
+    "#count"   : 84,
+
+    "document": {
+        "access"          : "PUBLIC",
+        "date"            : "dt:2025-01-17 00:00:00",
+        "description"     : "Santa Barbara's Lifestyle Magazine",
+        "documentName"    : "fh_winter2025-issuu-011625",
+        "isDocumentGated" : False,
+        "originalPublishDateInISOString": "2025-01-17T00:00:00.000Z",
+        "pageCount"       : 84,
+        "publicationId"   : "b89e35d4bd2201c7ecd871160fe000fa",
+        "revisionId"      : "250117005419",
+        "title"           : "Food & Home Winter 2025",
+        "username"        : "foodhome1955",
+        "contentRating"   : {
+            "isAdsafe"    : True,
+            "isExplicit"  : False,
+            "isReviewed"  : True,
+        },
+        "path"            : {
+            "documentName": "fh_winter2025-issuu-011625",
+            "type"        : "user",
+            "username"    : "foodhome1955",
+        },
+    },
+},
+
 {
     "#url"     : "https://issuu.com/issuu",
     "#class"   : issuu.IssuuUserExtractor,