diff --git a/app/View/GalaxyElements/ajax/index.ctp b/app/View/GalaxyElements/ajax/index.ctp
index 24290c49b..9bc542e09 100644
--- a/app/View/GalaxyElements/ajax/index.ctp
+++ b/app/View/GalaxyElements/ajax/index.ctp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if ($context == 'JSONView') {
 
 echo $this->element('/genericElements/IndexTable/index_table', $indexOptions);
 if ($context == 'JSONView') {
-    echo sprintf('<div id="elementJSONDiv" class="well well-small">%s</div>', json_encode($JSONElements));
+    echo sprintf('<div id="elementJSONDiv" class="well well-small">%s</div>', json_encode(h($JSONElements)));
 }
 ?>