diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/edit.html b/ckan/templates/package/edit.html
index 6bd9a39735c..ed0d2bdc8e1 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/edit.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/edit.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <py:def function="optional_head">
     <script>
-      var preload_dataset = ${c.pkg_json};
+      var preload_dataset = ${h.literal(c.pkg_json)};
     </script>
   </py:def>
 
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html b/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html
index bf911838bfb..a2173daf149 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="${h.url_for('/scripts/vendor/recline/css/graph-flot.css')}" />
     <!-- /data preview -->
     <script type="text/javascript">
-      var preload_resource = ${c.resource_json};
+      var preload_resource = ${h.literal(c.resource_json)};
     </script>
   </py:def>