diff --git a/src/renderers/handlebars-generator.js b/src/renderers/handlebars-generator.js
index f928d3f8..765c2b43 100644
--- a/src/renderers/handlebars-generator.js
+++ b/src/renderers/handlebars-generator.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
       template = HANDLEBARS.compile(tpl, {
         strict: false,
         assumeObjects: false,
-        noEscape: data.opts.noescape
+        noEscape: !data.opts.escape
       }
       );
       return template(data);
diff --git a/src/verbs/build.js b/src/verbs/build.js
index f7907ae8..854fbf7a 100644
--- a/src/verbs/build.js
+++ b/src/verbs/build.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ var _prep = function( src, dst, opts ) {
   _opts.theme = (opts.theme && opts.theme.toLowerCase().trim()) || 'modern';
   _opts.prettify = opts.prettify === true;
   _opts.private = opts.private === true;
-  _opts.noescape = opts.escape === false;
+  _opts.escape = opts.escape === true;
   _opts.css = opts.css;
   _opts.pdf = opts.pdf;
   _opts.wrap = opts.wrap || 60;