diff --git a/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.ParseOptions.md b/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.ParseOptions.md
index ea390899e..4386be938 100644
--- a/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.ParseOptions.md
+++ b/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.ParseOptions.md
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:59](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L59)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:60](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L60)
diff --git a/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.RenderResult.md b/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.RenderResult.md
index 18ee5e431..6209782f7 100644
--- a/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.RenderResult.md
+++ b/docs/config/setup/interfaces/mermaidAPI.RenderResult.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bindFunctions?.(div); // To call bindFunctions only if it's present.
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:79](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L79)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:80](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L80)
 
 ---
 
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ The svg code for the rendered graph.
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:69](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L69)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:70](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L70)
diff --git a/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md b/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md
index 0a948b6f3..633780788 100644
--- a/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md
+++ b/docs/config/setup/modules/mermaidAPI.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Renames and re-exports [mermaidAPI](mermaidAPI.md#mermaidapi)
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:63](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L63)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:64](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L64)
 
 ## Variables
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ mermaid.initialize(config);
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:641](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L641)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:603](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L603)
 
 ## Functions
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Return the last node appended
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:299](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L299)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:263](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L263)
 
 ---
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ the cleaned up svgCode
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:245](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L245)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:209](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L209)
 
 ---
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ the string with all the user styles
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:175](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L175)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:139](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L139)
 
 ---
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ the string with all the user styles
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:222](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L222)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:186](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L186)
 
 ---
 
@@ -228,47 +228,7 @@ with an enclosing block that has each of the cssClasses followed by !important;
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:160](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L160)
-
----
-
-### decodeEntities
-
-▸ **decodeEntities**(`text`): `string`
-
-#### Parameters
-
-| Name   | Type     | Description        |
-| :----- | :------- | :----------------- |
-| `text` | `string` | text to be decoded |
-
-#### Returns
-
-`string`
-
-#### Defined in
-
-[mermaidAPI.ts:146](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L146)
-
----
-
-### encodeEntities
-
-▸ **encodeEntities**(`text`): `string`
-
-#### Parameters
-
-| Name   | Type     | Description        |
-| :----- | :------- | :----------------- |
-| `text` | `string` | text to be encoded |
-
-#### Returns
-
-`string`
-
-#### Defined in
-
-[mermaidAPI.ts:117](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L117)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:124](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L124)
 
 ---
 
@@ -294,7 +254,7 @@ Put the svgCode into an iFrame. Return the iFrame code
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:276](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L276)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:240](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L240)
 
 ---
 
@@ -319,4 +279,4 @@ Remove any existing elements from the given document
 
 #### Defined in
 
-[mermaidAPI.ts:349](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L349)
+[mermaidAPI.ts:313](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/blob/master/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts#L313)
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
index f1d1bc6e8..2b5ae8992 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/Diagram.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class Diagram {
 
   private detectError?: UnknownDiagramError;
   constructor(public text: string, public metadata: Pick<DiagramMetadata, 'title'> = {}) {
+    this.text = encodeEntities(text);
     this.text += '\n';
     const cnf = configApi.getConfig();
     try {
@@ -83,8 +84,6 @@ export const getDiagramFromText = async (
   text: string,
   metadata: Pick<DiagramMetadata, 'title'> = {}
 ): Promise<Diagram> => {
-  text = encodeEntities(text);
-
   const type = detectType(text, configApi.getConfig());
   try {
     // Trying to find the diagram