diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig
index b1808cab8e..1120b6c770 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
 OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings.xml"
 
 if [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
-  progress "creating system settings"
-
+    progress "creating system settings"
+    
     mkdir -p /var/config
-    cat "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" | awk -F\" '{print $2"=\""$4"\""}' | sed '/^=/d' > /var/config/settings.conf
+    cat "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" \
+        | awk -F'[\"|'\'']' '{gsub(/\&quot\;/, "\\\"", $4); gsub(/\&apos\;/, "\047", $4); gsub(/\&amp\;/, "&", $4); gsub(/\&lt\;/, "<", $4); gsub(/\&gt\;/, ">", $4); print $2"=\""$4"\"";}' \
+        | sed '/^=/d' > /var/config/settings.conf
 fi