diff --git a/block_hshcourselist.php b/block_hshcourselist.php
index 40e304182b2cee894c6cdb74daa7dea17e5efdd5..5186ed9135a7c491eaa3ec5f8c7e96169ac27fe2 100644
--- a/block_hshcourselist.php
+++ b/block_hshcourselist.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class block_hshcourselist extends block_base {
         $hshcoursesubmit = optional_param('hshcoursesubmit', false, PARAM_TEXT);
         // Set placeholder.
         if ($this->config->placeholder) {
-            $placeholder = $this->config->placeholder;
+            $placeholder = format_text($this->config->placeholder, FORMAT_HTML);
         } else {
             $placeholder = "";
         }