diff --git a/test/ci/test_facebook.py b/test/ci/test_facebook.py
index a6750ce43..f2454fc79 100644
--- a/test/ci/test_facebook.py
+++ b/test/ci/test_facebook.py
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ class facebookMetaData(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(info.get('uploader_handle'), 0)
         self.assertGreater(len(info.get('title')), 0)
 
+    def test_new_ui(self):
+        params = {}
+        url = "https://www.facebook.com/115232383642471/videos/444314619837387"
+        ydl = youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(params)
+        info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False)
+        self.assertGreater(len(info.get('title')), 0)
+
 
     def test_metadata_fetch_with_log_in(self):
         url = "https://www.facebook.com/oristandup/videos/675360549895283"
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 07cc349a2..ae9bdc28b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _resolve_new_ui_title(self, webpage, tahoe_data, video_id):
         video_title = self._search_regex(r'"headline":"(.+?")', webpage, 'title', fatal=False)
+        video_title = video_title.decode('unicode_escape')
         if not video_title:
             video_title = self._search_regex(r'"pageTitle">(.+?)<', webpage, 'title', fatal=False)
         if not video_title: