diff --git a/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js b/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
index 0857a7a2a..652861afa 100644
--- a/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
+++ b/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
@@ -672,7 +672,10 @@ const class_box = (parent, node) => {
   }
   const classAttributes = [];
   node.classData.members.forEach((str) => {
-    const parsedText = parseMember(str).displayText;
+    let parsedText = parseMember(str).displayText;
+    if (getConfig().flowchart.htmlLabels) {
+      parsedText  = parsedText.replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+    } 
     const lbl = labelContainer
       .node()
       .appendChild(createLabel(parsedText, node.labelStyle, true, true));
@@ -695,10 +698,21 @@ const class_box = (parent, node) => {
 
   const classMethods = [];
   node.classData.methods.forEach((str) => {
-    const parsedText = parseMember(str).displayText;
+    const parsedInfo = parseMember(str);
+    let displayText =parsedInfo.displayText;
+    if (getConfig().flowchart.htmlLabels) {
+      displayText  = displayText.replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
+    } 
     const lbl = labelContainer
       .node()
-      .appendChild(createLabel(parsedText, node.labelStyle, true, true));
+      .appendChild(
+        createLabel(
+          displayText,
+          parsedInfo.cssStyle ? parsedInfo.cssStyle : node.labelStyle,
+          true,
+          true
+        )
+      );
     let bbox = lbl.getBBox();
     if (evaluate(getConfig().flowchart.htmlLabels)) {
       const div = lbl.children[0];