diff --git a/src/scripts/src/components/input.js b/src/scripts/src/components/input.js
index 4a40eb1..f8e9251 100644
--- a/src/scripts/src/components/input.js
+++ b/src/scripts/src/components/input.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getWidthOfInput } from '../lib/utils';
+import { getWidthOfInput, stripHTML } from '../lib/utils';
 
 export default class Input {
   constructor(instance, element, classNames) {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export default class Input {
   }
 
   getValue() {
-    return this.element.value;
+    return stripHTML(this.element.value);
   }
 
   setActiveDescendant(activeDescendantID) {