diff --git a/code/modules/integrated_electronics/core/saved_circuits.dm b/code/modules/integrated_electronics/core/saved_circuits.dm
index 64451c442c..5a4e185839 100644
--- a/code/modules/integrated_electronics/core/saved_circuits.dm
+++ b/code/modules/integrated_electronics/core/saved_circuits.dm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 			var/datum/integrated_io/pin = inputs[index]
 			// The pins themselves validate the data.
-			pin.write_data_to_pin(input_value)
+			pin.write_data_to_pin(istext(input_value)? html_encode(input_value) : input_value)
 			// TODO: support for special input types, such as internal refs and maybe typepaths
 
 	if(!isnull(component_params["special"]))