diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 646da15d..92f93c1a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -829,9 +829,9 @@
             "dev": true
         },
         "js-yaml": {
-            "version": "3.13.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.13.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-pZZoSxcCYco+DIKBTimr67J6Hy+EYGZDY/HCWC+iAEA9h1ByhMXAIVUXMcMFpOCxQ/xjXmPI2MkDL5HRm5eFrQ==",
+            "version": "3.13.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.13.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-YfbcO7jXDdyj0DGxYVSlSeQNHbD7XPWvrVWeVUujrQEoZzWJIRrCPoyk6kL6IAjAG2IolMK4T0hNUe0HOUs5Jw==",
             "dev": true,
             "requires": {
                 "argparse": "^1.0.7",
@@ -1590,6 +1590,11 @@
                 "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "string.fromcodepoint": {
+            "version": "0.2.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string.fromcodepoint/-/string.fromcodepoint-0.2.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-jZeDM8C8klOPUPOD5IiPPlYZ1lM="
+        },
         "string_decoder": {
             "version": "0.10.31",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-0.10.31.tgz",
@@ -1710,6 +1715,14 @@
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore/-/underscore-1.9.1.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha512-5/4etnCkd9c8gwgowi5/om/mYO5ajCaOgdzj/oW+0eQV9WxKBDZw5+ycmKmeaTXjInS/W0BzpGLo2xR2aBwZdg=="
         },
+        "unescape-js": {
+            "version": "1.1.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unescape-js/-/unescape-js-1.1.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-2/6CdybfFt9fzYJhCD6SHfBnqCGNfjhMwPK9Pf+sJRloa/WmyAmxdBVOslOIYkvSIRKX+9xGePF5t1tugtZ63g==",
+            "requires": {
+                "string.fromcodepoint": "^0.2.1"
+            }
+        },
         "universalify": {
             "version": "0.1.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f8a4c04..1971214b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@
         "lodash": "^4.17.11",
         "markdown-it": "^8.4.2",
         "require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
+        "unescape-js": "^1.1.1",
         "vsc-leetcode-cli": "2.6.3"
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/show.ts b/src/commands/show.ts
index 8b9929d5..a72c31bf 100644
--- a/src/commands/show.ts
+++ b/src/commands/show.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import * as fse from "fs-extra";
 import * as path from "path";
+import * as unescapeJS from "unescape-js";
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { LeetCodeNode } from "../explorer/LeetCodeNode";
 import { leetCodeChannel } from "../leetCodeChannel";
@@ -49,11 +50,10 @@ export async function showSolution(node?: LeetCodeNode): Promise<void> {
         return;
     }
     try {
-        let solution: string = await leetCodeExecutor.showSolution(node, language);
-        // remove backslash in espaced \'...\'(generated by leetcode's database)
-        solution = solution.replace(/\\'/g, "'");
-        await leetCodeSolutionProvider.show(solution, node);
+        const solution: string = await leetCodeExecutor.showSolution(node, language);
+        await leetCodeSolutionProvider.show(unescapeJS(solution), node);
     } catch (error) {
+        leetCodeChannel.appendLine(error.toString());
         await promptForOpenOutputChannel("Failed to fetch the top voted solution. Please open the output channel for details.", DialogType.error);
     }
 }