diff --git a/inc/display.php b/inc/display.php
index f544b88c..d5b78838 100644
--- a/inc/display.php
+++ b/inc/display.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		// Unescape HTML characters, to avoid splitting them in half
 		$body = html_entity_decode_utf8($body);
 		
-		$body = substr($body, 0, $len) . (strlen($body) > $len ? '…' : '');
+		$body = substr($body, 0, $len) . (strlen($body) > $len ? '…' : '');
 		
 		// Re-escape the characters.
 		return '<em>' . utf8tohtml($body) . '</em>';
diff --git a/templates/themes/basic/theme.php b/templates/themes/basic/theme.php
index 5b086852..2a57fc69 100644
--- a/templates/themes/basic/theme.php
+++ b/templates/themes/basic/theme.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 						:
 							'<em>no subject</em>'
 						) .
-					'<span class="unimportant"> — by ' .
+					'<span class="unimportant"> &mdash; by ' .
 						$news['name'] .
 					' at ' .
 						date($config['post_date'], $news['time']) .
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
 		}
 	};
 	
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>