diff --git a/code/modules/nano/nanoui.dm b/code/modules/nano/nanoui.dm
index 9521320ee93..0401998f9e3 100644
--- a/code/modules/nano/nanoui.dm
+++ b/code/modules/nano/nanoui.dm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 
 	// Generate JSON.
 	var/list/send_data = get_send_data(initial_data)
-	var/initial_data_json = replacetext(JSON.stringify(send_data), "'", "\\'")
+	var/initial_data_json = replacetext(JSON.stringify(send_data), "'", "'")
 
 	// Generate the HTML document.
 	return {"