diff --git a/xExtension-LlmClassification/extension.php b/xExtension-LlmClassification/extension.php
index 17c69cc..2edeb92 100644
--- a/xExtension-LlmClassification/extension.php
+++ b/xExtension-LlmClassification/extension.php
@@ -439,7 +439,11 @@ final class LlmClassificationExtension extends Minz_Extension {
 			if ($existingPromptHash === $incomingPromptHash) {
 				// Re-use existing tags matching the prefix
 				$prefix = $this->getUserConfigurationString('tag_prefix') ?? '';
-				$existingTags = $existingEntry->tags();
+				// Decode the stored tags before re-adding them (will be HTML-encoded again in applyClassification)
+				$existingTags = array_map(
+					static fn(string $tag) => htmlspecialchars_decode($tag, ENT_QUOTES),
+					$existingEntry->tags()
+				);
 				if ($prefix !== '') {
 					$existingTags = array_values(array_filter(
 						$existingTags,
diff --git a/xExtension-LlmClassification/metadata.json b/xExtension-LlmClassification/metadata.json
index 9e48eed..239c5d6 100644
--- a/xExtension-LlmClassification/metadata.json
+++ b/xExtension-LlmClassification/metadata.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "LLM Classification",
 	"author": "Alkarex",
 	"description": "Tag incoming articles by calling an OpenAI-compatible LLM API",
-	"version": "0.3.1",
+	"version": "0.3.2",
 	"entrypoint": "LlmClassification",
 	"type": "user",
 	"compatibility": "1.28.2"