diff --git a/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/DataFormats/Markup/XML/XMLDataFormat.cs b/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/DataFormats/Markup/XML/XMLDataFormat.cs
index b1b1d76c..d4c1964b 100644
--- a/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/DataFormats/Markup/XML/XMLDataFormat.cs
+++ b/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/DataFormats/Markup/XML/XMLDataFormat.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace UniversalEditor.DataFormats.Markup.XML
 			Settings.Entities.Add("apos", "'");
 			Settings.Entities.Add("lt", "<");
 			Settings.Entities.Add("gt", ">");
+			Settings.Entities.Add("deg", "°");
 		}
 
 		private XMLDataFormatSettings mvarSettings = new XMLDataFormatSettings();