diff --git a/src/scripts/components/input.js b/src/scripts/components/input.js
index 74dd755..f7cfcd5 100644
--- a/src/scripts/components/input.js
+++ b/src/scripts/components/input.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { calcWidthOfInput, escape } from '../lib/utils';
+import { calcWidthOfInput, stripHTML } from '../lib/utils';
 
 export default class Input {
   constructor({ element, type, classNames, placeholderValue }) {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default class Input {
   }
 
   get value() {
-    return escape(this.element.value);
+    return stripHTML(this.element.value);
   }
 
   addEventListeners() {
diff --git a/src/scripts/constants.js b/src/scripts/constants.js
index 1bb189d..ba09816 100644
--- a/src/scripts/constants.js
+++ b/src/scripts/constants.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { escape } from './lib/utils';
+import { stripHTML } from './lib/utils';
 
 export const DEFAULT_CLASSNAMES = {
   containerOuter: 'choices',
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   noChoicesText: 'No choices to choose from',
   itemSelectText: 'Press to select',
   uniqueItemText: 'Only unique values can be added.',
-  addItemText: value => `Press Enter to add <b>"${escape(value)}"</b>`,
+  addItemText: value => `Press Enter to add <b>"${stripHTML(value)}"</b>`,
   maxItemText: maxItemCount => `Only ${maxItemCount} values can be added.`,
   itemComparer: (choice, item) => choice === item,
   fuseOptions: {
diff --git a/src/scripts/lib/utils.js b/src/scripts/lib/utils.js
index 12926eb..d7aaadc 100644
--- a/src/scripts/lib/utils.js
+++ b/src/scripts/lib/utils.js
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export const isScrolledIntoView = (el, parent, direction = 1) => {
  * @param  {String} html Initial string/html
  * @return {String}  Sanitised string
  */
-export const escape = html =>
+export const stripHTML = html =>
   html.replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
     .replace(/>/g, '&rt;')
     .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export const calcWidthOfInput = (input, callback) => {
   let width = input.offsetWidth;
 
   if (value) {
-    const testEl = strToEl(`<span>${escape(value)}</span>`);
+    const testEl = strToEl(`<span>${stripHTML(value)}</span>`);
     testEl.style.position = 'absolute';
     testEl.style.padding = '0';
     testEl.style.top = '-9999px';