diff --git a/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/autocomplete_selection_items.mustache b/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/autocomplete_selection_items.mustache
index 4faad8cc1ce..52a6876e3c6 100644
--- a/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/autocomplete_selection_items.mustache
+++ b/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/autocomplete_selection_items.mustache
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 {{#items}}
     <span role="option" data-value="{{value}}" aria-selected="true"
             class="badge badge-secondary clickable text-wrap text-break line-height-4 m-1">
-        {{label}}<i class="icon fa fa-times pl-2 mr-0"></i>
+        {{{label}}}<i class="icon fa fa-times pl-2 mr-0"></i>
     </span>
 {{/items}}
 {{^items}}
diff --git a/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/filtertype.mustache b/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/filtertype.mustache
index f38eb931786..1b59d63b7b8 100644
--- a/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/filtertype.mustache
+++ b/user/templates/local/participantsfilter/filtertype.mustache
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@
     }}{{#filtertypeclass}}data-filter-type-class="{{filtertypeclass}}" {{/filtertypeclass}}{{!
 }}>
     {{#values}}
-        <option value="{{value}}">{{title}}</option>
+        <option value="{{value}}">{{{title}}}</option>
     {{/values}}
 </select>