diff --git a/application/helpers/common_helper.php b/application/helpers/common_helper.php
index 252353fbf56..617e4291857 100644
--- a/application/helpers/common_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/common_helper.php
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ function jsonEscape($str, $strip_tags = false, $htmldecode = false)
     if ($strip_tags == true) {
         $str = strip_tags($str);
     }
-    return str_replace('"', "'", $str);
+    return str_replace(array('"','\''), array("'","'"), $str);
 }
 
 /**