diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5206b97b..79d706c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ checksum = "0ae92a5119aa49cdbcf6b9f893fe4e1d98b04ccbf82ee0584ad948a44a734dea"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ checksum = "721cae7de5c34fbb2acd27e21e6d2cf7b886dce0c27388d46c4e6c47ea4318dd"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ checksum = "3c87f3f15e7794432337fc718554eaa4dc8f04c9677a950ffe366f20a162ae42"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ checksum = "edf3ee19dbc0a46d740f6f0926bde8c50f02bdbc7b536842da28f6ac56513a8b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "casey"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "614586263949597dcc18675da12ef9b429135e13628d92eb8b8c6fa50ca5656b"
+dependencies = [
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cast"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -856,7 +865,7 @@ checksum = "67e77553c4162a157adbf834ebae5b415acbecbeafc7a74b0e886657506a7611"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -922,7 +931,7 @@ checksum = "97369cbbc041bc366949bc74d34658d6cda5621039731c6310521892a3a20ae0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1182,7 +1191,7 @@ checksum = "162ee34ebcb7c64a8abebc059ce0fee27c2262618d7b60ed8faf72fef13c3650"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1612,6 +1621,7 @@ name = "hemtt-stringtable"
 version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "automod",
+ "casey",
  "hemtt-common",
  "hemtt-workspace",
  "insta",
@@ -1685,7 +1695,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "markup5ever",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2027,7 +2037,7 @@ checksum = "c34819042dc3d3971c46c2190835914dfbe0c3c13f61449b2997f4e9722dfa60"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2287,7 +2297,7 @@ checksum = "b01f197a15988fb5b2ec0a5a9800c97e70771499c456ad757d63b3c5e9b96e75"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2649,7 +2659,7 @@ checksum = "ed3955f1a9c7c0c15e092f9c887db08b1fc683305fdf6eb6684f22555355e202"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2799,7 +2809,7 @@ checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2929,7 +2939,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3017,7 +3027,7 @@ checksum = "a4502d8515ca9f32f1fb543d987f63d95a14934883db45bdb48060b6b69257f8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3152,7 +3162,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a65f2e60fbf1063868558d69c6beacf412dc755f9fc020f514b7955fc914fe30"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3460,7 +3470,7 @@ checksum = "a5a11a05ee1ce44058fa3d5961d05194fdbe3ad6b40f904af764d81b86450e6b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3529,7 +3539,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "rust-embed-utils",
  "shellexpand",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -3674,7 +3684,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77253fb2d4451418d07025826028bcb96ee42d3e58859689a70ce62908009db6"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3734,7 +3744,7 @@ checksum = "7e85ad2009c50b58e87caa8cd6dac16bdf511bbfb7af6c33df902396aa480fa5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3757,7 +3767,7 @@ checksum = "6c64451ba24fc7a6a2d60fc75dd9c83c90903b19028d4eff35e88fc1e86564e9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4048,7 +4058,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4063,6 +4073,17 @@ version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c0a1e5168041f5f3ff68ff7d95dcb9c8749df29f6e7e89ada40dd4c9de404ee"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.85"
@@ -4215,7 +4236,7 @@ checksum = "ae71770322cbd277e69d762a16c444af02aa0575ac0d174f0b9562d3b37f8602"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4330,7 +4351,7 @@ checksum = "693d596312e88961bc67d7f1f97af8a70227d9f90c31bba5806eec004978d752"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4479,7 +4500,7 @@ checksum = "84fd902d4e0b9a4b27f2f440108dc034e1758628a9b702f8ec61ad66355422fa"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4508,7 +4529,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4581,7 +4602,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04659ddb06c87d233c566112c1c9c5b9e98256d9af50ec3bc9c8327f873a7568"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4830,7 +4851,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -4864,7 +4885,7 @@ checksum = "26c6ab57572f7a24a4985830b120de1594465e5d500f24afe89e16b4e833ef68"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -5266,7 +5287,7 @@ checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5286,7 +5307,7 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/Cargo.toml b/libs/stringtable/Cargo.toml
index 04f02442..15196bea 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libs/stringtable/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ hemtt-common = { path = "../common", version = "1.0.0" }
 hemtt-workspace = { path = "../workspace", version = "1.0.0" }
 
 automod = { workspace = true }
+casey = "0.4"
 linkme = { workspace = true }
 paste = { workspace = true }
 quick-xml = { version = "0.37.0", features = ["serialize"] }
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/src/key.rs b/libs/stringtable/src/key.rs
index e3a5805c..37d4eb17 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/src/key.rs
+++ b/libs/stringtable/src/key.rs
@@ -1,57 +1,92 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use quick_xml::escape::minimal_escape;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+fn min_escape<S>(s: &Option<String>, ser: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    S: Serializer,
+{
+    match s {
+        Some(s) => ser.serialize_str(&minimal_escape(s)),
+        None => ser.serialize_none(),
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
 pub struct Key {
     #[serde(rename = "@ID")]
     id: String,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "original", alias = "ORIGINAL")]
     original: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "english", alias = "ENGLISH")]
     english: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "czech", alias = "CZECH")]
     czech: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "french", alias = "FRENCH")]
     french: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "spanish", alias = "SPANISH")]
     spanish: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "italian", alias = "ITALIAN")]
     italian: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "polish", alias = "POLISH")]
     polish: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "portuguese", alias = "PORTUGUESE")]
     portuguese: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "russian", alias = "RUSSIAN")]
     russian: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "german", alias = "GERMAN")]
     german: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "korean", alias = "KOREAN")]
     korean: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "japanese", alias = "JAPANESE")]
     japanese: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "chinese", alias = "CHINESE")]
     chinese: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "chinesesimp", alias = "CHINESESIMP")]
     chinesesimp: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "turkish", alias = "TURKISH")]
     turkish: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "swedish", alias = "SWEDISH")]
     swedish: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "slovak", alias = "SLOVAK")]
     slovak: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "serbocroatian", alias = "SERBOCROATIAN")]
     serbocroatian: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "norwegian", alias = "NORWEGIAN")]
     norwegian: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "icelandic", alias = "ICELANDIC")]
     icelandic: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "hungarian", alias = "HUNGARIAN")]
     hungarian: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "greek", alias = "GREEK")]
     greek: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "finnish", alias = "FINNISH")]
     finnish: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", serialize_with = "min_escape")]
+    #[serde(alias = "dutch", alias = "DUTCH")]
     dutch: Option<String>,
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/src/lib.rs b/libs/stringtable/src/lib.rs
index 745e5e2b..cabe7bb5 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/stringtable/src/lib.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl Project {
                         in_key = None;
                     }
                 }
-                Ok(l)
+                Ok(l.replace('&', "&amp;"))
             })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
         else {
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ impl Project {
         let mut buffer = String::new();
         let mut ser = Serializer::new(&mut buffer);
         ser.indent(' ', 4);
+        ser.expand_empty_elements(true);
         self.serialize(ser)?;
         buffer.push('\n');
 
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ impl Project {
                     writer.write_char('\n')?;
                 }
             }
-            writer.write_str(line)?;
+            println!("{}", line);
+            writer.write_str(line.replace("&amp;amp;", "&").as_str())?;
             writer.write_char('\n')?;
             if l_trim.starts_with("<Key") {
                 in_key = Some(l_trim.to_string());
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882.xml b/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882.xml
index 3cb88ac6..bcbdf43e 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882.xml
+++ b/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
             <English>&quot;&apos;</English>
             <German>&quot;&apos;</German>
             <Russian>&quot;&apos;</Russian>
+            <Spanish>"Hello World"</Spanish>
         </Key>
         <!-- a maybe more legitimate use of a comment which gets removed -->
         <Key ID="Comments be gone!">
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882_out.xml b/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882_out.xml
index dbe72cd6..4bacba7b 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882_out.xml
+++ b/libs/stringtable/tests/gh882_out.xml
@@ -9,18 +9,25 @@
             <!-- <Russian></Russian> -->
             <!-- <Polish></Polish> -->
         </Key>
-        <Key ID="I will be empty"/>
+        <Key ID="I will be empty">
+            <Original>hey</Original>
+            <English>hey</English>
+            <Russian>hey</Russian>
+            <German>hey</German>
+        </Key>
+        <!-- The I copy paste this part of my language entry thing -->
         <Key ID="I will change the xml structure a little">
-            <Original/>
-            <English/>
-            <Czech/>
-            <French/>
+            <Original></Original>
+            <English></English>
+            <Czech></Czech>
+            <French></French>
         </Key>
         <Key ID="My things get unescaped">
-            <Original>"'</Original>
-            <English>"'</English>
-            <Russian>"'</Russian>
-            <German>"'</German>
+            <Original>&quot;&apos;</Original>
+            <English>&quot;&apos;</English>
+            <Spanish>"Hello World"</Spanish>
+            <Russian>&quot;&apos;</Russian>
+            <German>&quot;&apos;</German>
         </Key>
         <!--
         <Key ID="new entry used in future release, not yet used">
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort-2.snap b/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort-2.snap
index 26ef21d5..6a9e0727 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort-2.snap
+++ b/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort-2.snap
@@ -13,18 +13,25 @@ expression: out
             <!-- <Russian></Russian> -->
             <!-- <Polish></Polish> -->
         </Key>
-        <Key ID="I will be empty"/>
+        <Key ID="I will be empty">
+            <Original>hey</Original>
+            <English>hey</English>
+            <Russian>hey</Russian>
+            <German>hey</German>
+        </Key>
+        <!-- The I copy paste this part of my language entry thing -->
         <Key ID="I will change the xml structure a little">
-            <Original/>
-            <English/>
-            <Czech/>
-            <French/>
+            <Original></Original>
+            <English></English>
+            <Czech></Czech>
+            <French></French>
         </Key>
         <Key ID="My things get unescaped">
-            <Original>"'</Original>
-            <English>"'</English>
-            <Russian>"'</Russian>
-            <German>"'</German>
+            <Original>&quot;&apos;</Original>
+            <English>&quot;&apos;</English>
+            <Spanish>"Hello World"</Spanish>
+            <Russian>&quot;&apos;</Russian>
+            <German>&quot;&apos;</German>
         </Key>
         <!--
         <Key ID="new entry used in future release, not yet used">
diff --git a/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort.snap b/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort.snap
index 6557bca2..540ad0d2 100644
--- a/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort.snap
+++ b/libs/stringtable/tests/snapshots/gh882__sort.snap
@@ -41,16 +41,24 @@ Project {
                 },
                 Key {
                     id: "I will be empty",
-                    original: None,
-                    english: None,
+                    original: Some(
+                        "hey",
+                    ),
+                    english: Some(
+                        "hey",
+                    ),
                     czech: None,
                     french: None,
                     spanish: None,
                     italian: None,
                     polish: None,
                     portuguese: None,
-                    russian: None,
-                    german: None,
+                    russian: Some(
+                        "hey",
+                    ),
+                    german: Some(
+                        "hey",
+                    ),
                     korean: None,
                     japanese: None,
                     chinese: None,
@@ -104,22 +112,24 @@ Project {
                 Key {
                     id: "My things get unescaped",
                     original: Some(
-                        "\"'",
+                        "&quot;&apos;",
                     ),
                     english: Some(
-                        "\"'",
+                        "&quot;&apos;",
                     ),
                     czech: None,
                     french: None,
-                    spanish: None,
+                    spanish: Some(
+                        "\"Hello World\"",
+                    ),
                     italian: None,
                     polish: None,
                     portuguese: None,
                     russian: Some(
-                        "\"'",
+                        "&quot;&apos;",
                     ),
                     german: Some(
-                        "\"'",
+                        "&quot;&apos;",
                     ),
                     korean: None,
                     japanese: None,