diff --git a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
index be5d7b570..7f1162989 100644
--- a/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/publics_controller.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PublicsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     @user = person.owner
-    Resque.enqueue(Jobs::ReceiveSalmon, @user.id, params[:xml])
+    Resque.enqueue(Jobs::ReceiveSalmon, @user.id, CGI::unescape(params[:xml]))
 
     render :nothing => true, :status => 200
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/publics_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/publics_controller_spec.rb
index ac78c148e..c5eeed0fb 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/publics_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/publics_controller_spec.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ describe PublicsController do
       post :receive, "id" => user.person.id.to_s, "xml" => xml
     end
 
+    it 'unescapes the xml before sending it to receive_salmon' do
+      aspect = user.aspects.create(:name => 'foo')
+      post1 = user.post(:status_message, :message => 'moms', :to => [aspect.id])
+      xml2 = post1.to_diaspora_xml
+      user2 = make_user
+
+      salmon_factory = Salmon::SalmonSlap.create(user, xml2)
+      enc_xml = salmon_factory.xml_for(user2.person)
+
+      Resque.should_receive(:enqueue).with(Jobs::ReceiveSalmon, user.id, enc_xml).once
+
+      post :receive, "id" => user.person.id.to_s, "xml" => CGI::escape(enc_xml)
+    end
+
     it 'returns a 422 if no xml is passed' do
       post :receive, "id" => person.id.to_s
       response.code.should == '422'
diff --git a/spec/lib/pubsubhubbub_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pubsubhubbub_spec.rb
index 1a90c29c4..fd17dee86 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pubsubhubbub_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pubsubhubbub_spec.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe PubSubHubbub do
-  before :all do
+  before do
     RestClient.unstub!(:post)
   end
 
-  after :all do
+  after do
     RestClient.stub!(:post).and_return(FakeHttpRequest.new(:success))
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/jobs/post_to_service_spec.rb b/spec/models/jobs/post_to_service_spec.rb
index 59cb062c6..74fa74708 100644
--- a/spec/models/jobs/post_to_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/jobs/post_to_service_spec.rb
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ describe Jobs::PostToService do
     Jobs::PostToService.perform("123", post.id.to_s, url)
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/spec/models/jobs/receive_salmon_spec.rb b/spec/models/jobs/receive_salmon_spec.rb
index 7a5df6a4b..8e64acceb 100644
--- a/spec/models/jobs/receive_salmon_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/jobs/receive_salmon_spec.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Jobs::ReceiveSalmon do
   before do
     @user = make_user
+    @user2 = make_user
     @xml = '<xml></xml>'
     User.stub(:find){ |id|
       if id == @user.id
@@ -16,4 +17,7 @@ describe Jobs::ReceiveSalmon do
     @user.should_receive(:receive_salmon).with(@xml).once
     Jobs::ReceiveSalmon.perform(@user.id, @xml)
   end
+
+  
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
index 33f74a123..d250184cd 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb
@@ -49,14 +49,16 @@ describe User do
   end
 
   describe '#receive_salmon' do
-   it 'should handle the case where the webfinger fails' do
-     pending "Write this to test #receive_salmon"
-    Webfinger.stub!(:fetch).and_return(nil)
+    it 'should handle the case where the webfinger fails' do
+      pending "Write this to test #receive_salmon"
+      Webfinger.stub!(:fetch).and_return(nil)
+
+      proc{
+        user2.post :status_message, :message => "store this!", :to => aspect2.id
+      }.should_not raise_error
+    end
+
 
-    proc{
-      user2.post :status_message, :message => "store this!", :to => aspect2.id
-    }.should_not raise_error
-   end
   end
 
   context 'update posts' do
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ describe User do
     let(:salmon){user.salmon( post )}
 
     it 'should receive a salmon for a post' do
-      user2.receive_salmon( salmon.xml_for user2.person )
+      user2.receive_salmon( salmon.xml_for(user2.person) )
       user2.visible_post_ids.include?(post.id).should be true
     end
   end