diff --git a/src/commands/math/commands.js b/src/commands/math/commands.js
index db23c76..c5194b4 100644
--- a/src/commands/math/commands.js
+++ b/src/commands/math/commands.js
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
 LatexCmds.vec = bind(DiacriticAbove, '\\vec', '&rarr;', ['vec(', ')']);
 
 var Tilde =
-LatexCmds.tilde = bind(DiacriticAbove, '\\tilde', '&#126;', ['tilde(', ')']);
+LatexCmds.tilde = bind(DiacriticAbove, '\\tilde', '~', ['tilde(', ')']);
 
 function DelimsMixin(_, super_) {
   _.jQadd = function() {
diff --git a/test/visual.html b/test/visual.html
index 73345f9..570bf7e 100644
--- a/test/visual.html
+++ b/test/visual.html
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@
 <tr><td><span class="mathquill-static-math">1+\sum_0^n+\sum_{i=0123}^n+\sum_0^{wordiness}</span><td><span>1+\sum_0^n+\sum_{i=0123}^n+\sum_0^{wordiness}</span>^M
 <tr><td><span class="mathquill-static-math">x\ \ \ +\ \ \ y</span><td><span>x\ \ \ +\ \ \ y</span>^M
 <tr><td><span class="mathquill-static-math">\sum _{n=0}^3\cos x</span><td><span>\sum _{n=0}^3\cos x</span>^M
+<tr><td><span class="mathquill-static-math">\vec x + \tilde x + \vec A + \tilde A + \vec{abcd} + \tilde{abcd}</span><td><span>\vec x + \tilde x + \vec A + \tilde A + \vec{abcd} + \tilde{abcd}</span>^M
 </table>
 
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