diff --git a/src/private/php/Utils/Language/LanguageUtils.php b/src/private/php/Utils/Language/LanguageUtils.php
index b1220b9..64ab0d3 100644
--- a/src/private/php/Utils/Language/LanguageUtils.php
+++ b/src/private/php/Utils/Language/LanguageUtils.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\Language;
 
-use function htmlspecialchars;
 use Wruczek\PhpFileCache\PhpFileCache;
 use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\DatabaseUtils;
 use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\SingletonTait;
diff --git a/src/private/php/Utils/TemplateUtils.php b/src/private/php/Utils/TemplateUtils.php
index e0a1f69..9218df8 100644
--- a/src/private/php/Utils/TemplateUtils.php
+++ b/src/private/php/Utils/TemplateUtils.php
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ class TemplateUtils {
             }
         } else if (is_string($parameter)) {
             // NEEDS to start with a space!
-            $attributes = ' integrity="' . htmlspecialchars($parameter) . '" crossorigin="anonymous"';
+            $attributes = ' integrity="' . Utils::escape($parameter) . '" crossorigin="anonymous"';
         }
 
         if ($resourceType === "stylesheet") {
-            echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="' . htmlspecialchars($url) . '"' . $attributes . '>';
+            echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="' . Utils::escape($url) . '"' . $attributes . '>';
         } else if ($resourceType === "script") {
-            echo '<script src="' . htmlspecialchars($url) . '"' . $attributes . '></script>';
+            echo '<script src="' . Utils::escape($url) . '"' . $attributes . '></script>';
         } else {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException("$resourceType is not a valid resource type");
         }
diff --git a/src/private/php/Utils/Utils.php b/src/private/php/Utils/Utils.php
index a2d3b59..f59ae72 100644
--- a/src/private/php/Utils/Utils.php
+++ b/src/private/php/Utils/Utils.php
@@ -9,12 +9,21 @@ use Wruczek\TSWebsite\News\INewsStore;
 /**
  * Class Utils
  * @package Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils
- * @author Wruczek 2017
+ * @author Wruczek 2017 - 2019
  */
 class Utils {
 
     private function __construct() {}
 
+    /**
+     * Escapes HTML characters with htmlspecialchars
+     * @param $string string String to be escaped
+     * @return string escaped string
+     */
+    public static function escape($string) {
+        return htmlspecialchars((string) $string, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Strips the first line from string
      * https://stackoverflow.com/a/7740485
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ class Utils {
      */
     public static function getClientIp($useCfip = null) {
         if ($useCfip === null) {
-            $useCfip = (bool) Config::get("usingcloudflare");
+            $useCfip = Config::get("usingcloudflare");
         }
 
         // If IPv6 localhost, return IPv4 localhost
@@ -108,7 +117,7 @@ class Utils {
             return "127.0.0.1";
         }
 
-        if (!empty($_SERVER["HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP"]) && $useCfip) {
+        if ($useCfip && !empty($_SERVER["HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP"])) {
             return $_SERVER["HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP"];
         }
 
diff --git a/src/private/php/ViewerRenderer.php b/src/private/php/ViewerRenderer.php
index f7026dc..709046b 100644
--- a/src/private/php/ViewerRenderer.php
+++ b/src/private/php/ViewerRenderer.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Wruczek\TSWebsite;
 
 use function __get;
 use TeamSpeak3;
+use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\Utils;
 
 class ViewerRenderer {
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ EOD;
         $this->add(
             $html,
             $this->getIcon("server_green.svg"),
-            htmlspecialchars($this->serverInfo["virtualserver_name"]),
+            Utils::escape($this->serverInfo["virtualserver_name"]),
             $suffixIcons
         );
 
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ EOD;
             $path = "api/geticon.php?iconid=" . (int) $name;
         }
 
-        $ttip = $tooltip ? ' data-toggle="tooltip" title="' . htmlspecialchars($tooltip) . '"' : "";
-        return '<img class="icon" src="' . $path . '" alt="' . htmlspecialchars($alt) . '"' . $ttip . '>';
+        $ttip = $tooltip ? ' data-toggle="tooltip" title="' . Utils::escape($tooltip) . '"' : "";
+        return '<img class="icon" src="' . $path . '" alt="' . Utils::escape($alt) . '"' . $ttip . '>';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ EOD;
             $channel->getId(),
             $channel->isSpacer() ? "" : ' tabindex="0"',
             $channelIcon,
-            htmlspecialchars($channelDisplayName),
+            Utils::escape($channelDisplayName),
             $suffixIcons
         );
 
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ EOD;
         $clientName = implode(" ", $beforeName);           // prefix groups
         $clientName .= " {$client["client_nickname"]} ";   // nickname
         $clientName .= implode(" ", $afterName);           // suffix groups
-        $clientName = htmlspecialchars(trim($clientName)); // trim and sanitize
+        $clientName = Utils::escape(trim($clientName)); // trim and sanitize
 
         $this->add(
             $html,
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ EOD;
         }
 
         if($client["client_away"]) {
-            return $this->getIcon("away.svg", htmlspecialchars($client["client_away_message"]) ?: __get("VIEWER_CLIENT_AWAY"));
+            return $this->getIcon("away.svg", Utils::escape($client["client_away_message"]) ?: __get("VIEWER_CLIENT_AWAY"));
         }
 
         if(!$client["client_output_hardware"]) {
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ EOD;
                 // to show the group with a "broken-image" icons.
             }
 
-            $html .= $this->getIcon($icon, htmlspecialchars($group["name"]));
+            $html .= $this->getIcon($icon, Utils::escape($group["name"]));
         }
 
         if($client["client_icon_id"]) {
diff --git a/src/private/php/load.php b/src/private/php/load.php
index 95027a4..63c1c10 100644
--- a/src/private/php/load.php
+++ b/src/private/php/load.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Config;
 use Wruczek\TSWebsite\ServerIconCache;
 use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\CsrfUtils;
 use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\Language\LanguageUtils;
+use Wruczek\TSWebsite\Utils\Utils;
 
 session_name("tswebsite_sessionid");
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ if(!isset($_SESSION["userlanguageid"])) {
         try {
             return LanguageUtils::i()->translate($identifier, $args);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            return "(unknown translation for " . htmlspecialchars($identifier) . ")";
+            return "(unknown translation for " . Utils::escape($identifier) . ")";
         }
     }
 }