--- htdocs/application/models/Pastes.php.orig	2017-12-13 15:21:30 UTC
+++ htdocs/application/models/Pastes.php
@@ -56,8 +56,16 @@ class Pastes extends CI_Model
 	{
 		$data['created'] = time();
 
-		//this is SO evil… saving the «raw» data with htmlspecialchars :-( (but I have to leave this, because of backwards-compatibility)
-		$data['raw'] = htmlspecialchars($this->_strip_bad_multibyte_chars($this->input->post('code')));
+		if ($this->config->item('true_paste'))
+		{
+			// save the paste as supplied
+			$data['raw'] = $this->input->post('code');
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			//this is SO evil… saving the «raw» data with htmlspecialchars :-( (but I have to leave this, because of backwards-compatibility)
+			$data['raw'] = htmlspecialchars($this->_strip_bad_multibyte_chars($this->input->post('code')));
+		}
 		$data['lang'] = htmlspecialchars($this->input->post('lang'));
 		$data['replyto'] = ($this->input->post('reply') === null ? '0' : $this->input->post('reply'));