diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e44865281..15a4fb77a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.21.23 (not yet released)
+* storage
+  - curl: fix corrupt "href" values in the presence of XML entities
 * output
   - alsa: implement channel mapping for 5.0 and 7.0
 * player
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx b/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx
index e2bc99bdf..9452f7e54 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ private:
 			break;
 
 		case State::HREF:
-			response.href.assign(s, len);
+			response.href.append(s, len);
 			break;
 
 		case State::STATUS: