diff --git a/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/Event.kt b/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/Event.kt
index 1d8549679..786289aa6 100644
--- a/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/Event.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/events/Event.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Immutable
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ open class Event(
         val mapper =
             jacksonObjectMapper()
                 .configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
+                .enable(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CONTROL_CHARS.mappedFeature())
                 .registerModule(
                     SimpleModule()
                         .addSerializer(Event::class.java, EventSerializer())