diff --git a/src/api/embedsApi.ts b/src/api/embedsApi.ts
index cab900f3..6619967f 100644
--- a/src/api/embedsApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/embedsApi.ts
@@ -246,10 +246,7 @@ const fetchConceptVisualElement = async (
   opts: TransformOptions,
 ): Promise<ConceptVisualElementMeta | undefined> => {
   if (!visualElement) return undefined;
-  const html = load(visualElement, {
-    xmlMode: false,
-    decodeEntities: false,
-  });
+  const html = load(visualElement, {});
   const embed = getEmbedsFromContent(html)[0];
   if (!embed) return undefined;
   const res = await transformEmbed(embed, context, index + 0.1, 0, {
@@ -325,14 +322,7 @@ const endsWithPunctuationRegex = /[.!?]$/;
 export const parseCaption = (caption: string): string => {
   const htmlCaption = parseMarkdown({ markdown: caption, inline: true });
 
-  const parsedCaption = load(
-    htmlCaption,
-    {
-      xmlMode: false,
-      decodeEntities: false,
-    },
-    false,
-  );
+  const parsedCaption = load(htmlCaption, {}, false);
 
   const lastTextNode = parsedCaption.root().contents().last();
 
diff --git a/src/api/resourceEmbedApi.ts b/src/api/resourceEmbedApi.ts
index a54c431f..75748dcd 100644
--- a/src/api/resourceEmbedApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/resourceEmbedApi.ts
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ export const fetchResourceEmbed = async (
   const embedHtml = toEmbedHtml(embed);
 
   const content = toHtml(embedHtml);
-  const html = load(content, {
-    xmlMode: false,
-    decodeEntities: false,
-  });
+  const html = load(content, {});
   const embeds = getEmbedsFromContent(html)[0];
   if (!embeds) {
     throw new Error("No embeds found");
@@ -133,10 +130,7 @@ export const fetchResourceEmbeds = async ({ resources }: GQLQueryResourceEmbedsA
   const embeds = resources.map((params) => toEmbed(params)).filter((embed) => !!embed);
   const content = embeds.map((embed) => toEmbedHtml(embed!)).join("");
   const bodyString = toHtml(content);
-  const html = load(bodyString, {
-    xmlMode: false,
-    decodeEntities: false,
-  });
+  const html = load(bodyString, {});
   const embedsFromContent = getEmbedsFromContent(html);
 
   const embedPromises = await Promise.all(
diff --git a/src/api/transformArticleApi.ts b/src/api/transformArticleApi.ts
index 2e6dda66..7b506815 100644
--- a/src/api/transformArticleApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/transformArticleApi.ts
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@ export const transformArticle = async (
   visualElement: string | undefined,
   { subject, previewH5p, showVisualElement, draftConcept, absoluteUrl, prettyUrl }: TransformArticleOptions,
 ) => {
-  const html = load(content, {
-    xmlMode: false,
-    decodeEntities: false,
-  });
+  const html = load(content, {});
   html("math").each((_, el) => {
     html(el)
       .attr("data-math", html(el).html() ?? "")
@@ -123,13 +120,7 @@ export const transformArticle = async (
     html("body").prepend(`<section>${visualElement}</section>`);
   }
 
-  const visEl =
-    visualElement && !showVisualElement
-      ? load(`${visualElement}`, {
-          xmlMode: false,
-          decodeEntities: false,
-        })
-      : undefined;
+  const visEl = visualElement && !showVisualElement ? load(`${visualElement}`, {}) : undefined;
 
   const embeds = visEl ? getEmbedsFromContent(visEl).concat(getEmbedsFromContent(html)) : getEmbedsFromContent(html);