diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index 7302491292..0147f4064b 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - content_for :header_tags do
   :javascript
-    window.INITIAL_STATE = #{render(file: 'home/initial_state', formats: :json)}
+    window.INITIAL_STATE = #{json_escape(render(file: 'home/initial_state', formats: :json))}
 
   = javascript_include_tag 'application'