< is replaced by &lt;, and > by &gt; How to get the < and > back

I’m using Node Red as the basis of a thermostat lovelace card, using the Ramp Thermostat node. When I store the ‘status’ of the Ramp thermostat node in a sensor via the API, to be used in a lovelace card, it converts the < and > into & lt; and & gt;. The status text shows up correctly in Node Red and in the Node Red debug node. It’s when I add the sensor to the lovelace card that the < and > no longer show and are replaced by their HTML character entities… Any idea how to get Lovelace to display the < and > instead of & lt; and & gt;?