diff --git a/plugins/utility.py b/plugins/utility.py
index 84cb92c..ad9e6df 100644
--- a/plugins/utility.py
+++ b/plugins/utility.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def swapcase(inp):
     """swapcase <string> -- Swaps the capitalization of <string>."""
     return inp.swapcase()
 
-
 # encoding
 
 @hook.command
@@ -38,6 +37,16 @@ def rot13(inp):
     """rot13 <string> -- Encode <string> with rot13."""
     return inp.encode('rot13')
 
+@hook.command
+def unescape(inp):
+    """unescape <string> -- Unescapes <string>."""
+    return inp.decode('unicode-escape')
+
+@hook.command
+def escape(inp):
+    """escape <string> -- escapes <string>."""
+    return inp.encode('unicode-escape')
+
 # length
 
 @hook.command