diff --git a/bin/create-probot-app.js b/bin/create-probot-app.js
index 011c936088..d5ce5d36c2 100755
--- a/bin/create-probot-app.js
+++ b/bin/create-probot-app.js
@@ -10,11 +10,28 @@ const { generate } = require('egad')
 const kebabCase = require('lodash.kebabcase')
 const camelCase = require('lodash.camelcase')
 const chalk = require('chalk')
+const jsesc = require('jsesc')
 const spawn = require('cross-spawn')
 const stringifyAuthor = require('stringify-author')
 const { guessEmail, guessAuthor, guessGitHubUsername } = require('conjecture')
 const validatePackageName = require('validate-npm-package-name')
 
+/**
+ * Partially sanitizes keys by escaping double-quotes.
+ * 
+ * @param {Object} object The object to mutate.
+ * @param {String[]} keys The keys on `object` to sanitize.
+ */
+function sanitizeBy(object, keys) {
+  keys.forEach(key => {
+    if (key in object) {
+      object[key] = jsesc(object[key], {
+        quotes: 'double'
+      })
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 program
   .usage('[options] [destination]')
   .option('-n, --appName <app-name>', 'App name')
@@ -133,6 +150,8 @@ inquirer.prompt(prompts)
     answers.template = program.template || answers.template
 
     // TODO: clean that up into nicer object combinging
+    
+    sanitizeBy(answers, ['author', 'description'])
 
     if (!templates.includes(answers.template)) {
       console.log(chalk.red(`Please use an existing use case template: ${templates.join(', ')}`))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2109c20232..0c1870b9b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "conjecture": "^0.1.2",
     "egad": "^0.2.0",
     "inquirer": "^7.0.0",
+    "jsesc": "^2.5.2",
     "lodash.camelcase": "^4.3.0",
     "lodash.kebabcase": "^4.1.1",
     "stringify-author": "^0.1.3",