diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index ba75a097ec..1fb6c88bbf 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -102,5 +102,6 @@ module Openfoodnetwork
     config.assets.precompile += ['search/all.css', 'search/*.js']
     config.assets.precompile += ['shared/*']
 
+    config.active_support.escape_html_entities_in_json = true
   end
 end