diff --git a/xos/core/xoslib/static/js/xoslib/xosHelper.js b/xos/core/xoslib/static/js/xoslib/xosHelper.js
index 2a4f2a2..cef138f 100644
--- a/xos/core/xoslib/static/js/xoslib/xosHelper.js
+++ b/xos/core/xoslib/static/js/xoslib/xosHelper.js
@@ -1154,3 +1154,11 @@
              '</select>';
     return result;
 }
+
+escapeForFormField = function(s) {
+    if (s===undefined) {
+        return "";
+    } else {
+        return s.replace(/"/g,'&quot;')
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xos/core/xoslib/templates/xosAdmin.html b/xos/core/xoslib/templates/xosAdmin.html
index aa758ae..9760390 100644
--- a/xos/core/xoslib/templates/xosAdmin.html
+++ b/xos/core/xoslib/templates/xosAdmin.html
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         <% } else if (fieldName=="backend_status") { %>
             <td><%= xosBackendStatusTextTemplate.apply(this, args) %></td>
         <% } else { %>
-            <td><input type="text" name="<%= fieldName %>" value="<%= model.attributes[fieldName] %>"<%= readOnly %>></td>
+            <td><input type="text" name="<%= fieldName %>" value="<%= escapeForFormField(model.attributes[fieldName]) %>"<%= readOnly %>></td>
         <% } %>
         <td  class="xos-help-cell"><%= helpText[fieldName] %></td>
      </tr>