diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
index 580dcb1a..8f199903 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractHafasProvider.java
@@ -536,8 +536,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractHafasProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 
 		try
 		{
+			// work around unparsable XML
 			reader = new StringReplaceReader(new InputStreamReader(ParserUtils.scrapeInputStream(uri), ISO_8859_1), "Ringbahn ->", "Ringbahn ->");
 			reader.replace("Ringbahn <-", "Ringbahn &lt;-");
+			reader.replace(" & ", " &amp; ");
 
 			// System.out.println(uri);
 			// ParserUtils.printFromReader(reader);