diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnFlexGrid.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnFlexGrid.cs
index f053d0fe..65707ae2 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnFlexGrid.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/VlnFlexGrid.cs
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			try
 			{
 				str = AdjustHeightAndWidthForDPI(str);
+				str = Regex.Replace(str, "&(?![a-z])", "&");  //B2021-142 fix &'s in text screen - so they are considered text instead of xml
 				using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(str))
 				{
 					ReadXml(sr);
@@ -1084,8 +1085,9 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			  DPIscreen = (int)gr.DpiX;
 		  }
 		  XmlDocument xd = new XmlDocument();
-		  xd.LoadXml(str);
-		  XmlNode xn = xd.SelectSingleNode("//DPI");
+			str = Regex.Replace(str, "&(?![a-z])", "&");  //B2021-142 fix &'s in text screen - so they are considered text instead of xml
+			xd.LoadXml(str);
+			XmlNode xn = xd.SelectSingleNode("//DPI");
 		  if (xn != null && xn.InnerText != DPIscreen.ToString())
 		  {
 			  int DPIgrid = int.Parse(xn.InnerText);