diff --git a/goon/browserassets/js/browserOutput.js b/goon/browserassets/js/browserOutput.js
index 3c266fc023e..d20d2eb239e 100644
--- a/goon/browserassets/js/browserOutput.js
+++ b/goon/browserassets/js/browserOutput.js
@@ -174,51 +174,51 @@ function setHighlightColor() {
 	}
 }
 
-function escapeRegex(input){ // put this in a function incase it ever needs to be used elsewhere, makes code cleaner
+function escapeRegexCharacters(input){ //escapes any characters that could be interpreted as regex patterns, potentially causing patterns to break if not escaped
 	return input.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
 }
 
 //Highlights words based on user settings
 function highlightTerms(el) {
 
-	if(regexHasError) return; //just stop right there ig the regex is gonna except
+	if (regexHasError) return; //just stop right there ig the regex is gonna except
 
 	function highlightRecursor(element,term){ //recursor function to do the highlighting proper
-		var regex = new RegExp("("+term+")","gi")
+		var regex = new RegExp(term,"gi");
 
 		function replace(str) {
-			return str.replace(regex,'<span class="highlight" style="background-color:'+opts.highlightColor+'">$&</span>')
+			return str.replace(regex,'<span class="highlight" style="background-color:'+opts.highlightColor+'">$&</span>');
 		}
 
-		var s=''
-		var work=element.innerHTML;
-		var ind=0;
+		var s = '';
+		var work = element.innerHTML;
+		var ind = 0;
 
 		while(ind < work.length) {
 
-			var next_term=work.substring(ind).search(regex);
-			if(next_term!=-1)next_term+=ind;
-			var next_tag =work.indexOf('<',ind)
+			var next_term = work.substring(ind).search(regex);
+			if(next_term != -1) next_term += ind;
+			var next_tag = work.indexOf('<',ind);
 			if(next_tag == -1) {
 				s+=replace(work.substring(ind));
 				break;
 			}
 			else if(next_term==-1) {
-				s+=work.substring(ind)
+				s += work.substring(ind);
 				break;
 			}
 			else if(next_tag < next_term) {
-				var temp=work.indexOf('>',next_tag)
-				s+=work.substring(ind,temp+1);
-				ind=temp+1;
+				var temp = work.indexOf('>',next_tag);
+				s += work.substring(ind,temp+1);
+				ind = temp+1;
 			}
 			else {
-				s+=replace(work.substring(ind,next_tag));
-				ind=next_tag
+				s += replace(work.substring(ind,next_tag));
+				ind = next_tag;
 			}
 		}
 		
-		element.innerHTML=s;
+		element.innerHTML = s;
 	}
 	
 	for (var i = 0; i < opts.highlightTerms.length; i++) { //Each highlight term
@@ -226,18 +226,18 @@ function highlightTerms(el) {
 			if(!opts.highlightRegexEnable){
 				var innerTerms = opts.highlightTerms[i].split(" ")
 				for(var a in innerTerms){
-					highlightRecursor(el,escapeRegex(innerTerms[a]))
+					highlightRecursor(el, escapeRegexCharacters(innerTerms[a]))
 				}
 			}
 			else {
 				try{
-					new RegExp(opts.highlightTerms[i],"gmi") // check to make sure the pattern wont cause issues
+					new RegExp(opts.highlightTerms[i],"gmi"); // check to make sure the pattern wont cause issues
 				} catch(e){
-					el.innerHTML+='<br/><span style="color:#000;background-color:#FFFF00;" class="bold"> Your highlight regex pattern - '+opts.highlightTerms[i]+' - is malformed.<br/>Your highlights have been disabled until they are next edited<br/>Thrown exception: '+e+'</span>'
+					el.innerHTML += '<br/><span style="color:#000;background-color:#FFFF00;" class="bold"> Your highlight regex pattern - '+opts.highlightTerms[i]+' - is malformed.<br/>Your highlights have been disabled until they are next edited<br/>Thrown exception: '+e+'</span>';
 					regexHasError = true;
 					return;
 				}
-				highlightRecursor(el,opts.highlightTerms[i])
+				highlightRecursor(el, opts.highlightTerms[i]);
 			}
 		}
 	}