diff --git a/mod/quiz/format/blackboard/format.php b/mod/quiz/format/blackboard/format.php
index 0d4d40678d3..d6fcefced73 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/format/blackboard/format.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/format/blackboard/format.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class quiz_file_format extends quiz_default_format {
     /// readquestion(). 
 
     $text = implode($lines, " ");
-    $xml = xmlize($text);
+    $xml = xmlize($text, 0);
 
     $questions = array();