diff --git a/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb
index bb748abb3..97680ec39 100644
--- a/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb
+++ b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
 module Hyrax
-    module Renderers
-      class FormattedTextRenderer < AttributeRenderer
-        private
-        def attribute_value_to_html(value)
-          # Define allowed tags and attributes
-          allowed_tags = %w[strong em b i u p br small mark sub sup a ul ol li dl dt dd div span h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6]
-          allowed_attributes = %w[href]
-  
-          # Sanitize the value, allowing only safe HTML tags and attributes
-          # Allow for rendering of text as html for the sanitized value
-          safe_value = sanitize(value, tags: allowed_tags, attributes: allowed_attributes).html_safe
-  
-          if microdata_value_attributes(field).present?
-            "<span#{html_attributes(microdata_value_attributes(field))}>#{safe_value}</span>"
-          else
-            li_value(value)
-          end
+  module Renderers
+    class FormattedTextRenderer < AttributeRenderer
+      private
+      def attribute_value_to_html(value)
+        sanitized_value = get_sanitized_string(value)
+        if microdata_value_attributes(field).present?
+          "<span#{html_attributes(microdata_value_attributes(field))}>#{sanitized_value}</span>"
+        else
+          li_value(sanitized_value)
         end
       end
+
+      # Sanitize the value, allowing only safe HTML tags and attributes
+      def get_sanitized_string(string)
+         # Define allowed tags and attributes
+        allowed_tags = %w[strong em b i u p br small mark sub sup a ul ol li dl dt dd div span h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6]
+        allowed_attributes = %w[href]
+        sanitize(string, tags: allowed_tags, attributes: allowed_attributes)
+      end
+
+    # [hyc-override] Same as attribute renderer override, but without escaping the value
+      def li_value(value)
+        field_value = find_language(value) || value
+        auto_link((field_value))
+      end
     end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  end
+end