diff --git a/lib/gollum/frontend/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js b/lib/gollum/frontend/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js
index 84924bb9..9d85e3c6 100755
--- a/lib/gollum/frontend/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js
+++ b/lib/gollum/frontend/public/gollum/javascript/gollum.js
@@ -226,6 +226,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     $("#gollum-editor-body").one('change', function(){
       window.onbeforeunload = function(){ return "Leaving will not create a new page!" };
     });
-    $.GollumEditor({ NewFile: true, MarkupType: '{{default_markup}}' });
+    $.GollumEditor({ NewFile: true, MarkupType: default_markup });
   }
 });
diff --git a/lib/gollum/frontend/templates/create.mustache b/lib/gollum/frontend/templates/create.mustache
index 1d0697bd..ba3d981d 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/frontend/templates/create.mustache
+++ b/lib/gollum/frontend/templates/create.mustache
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 </div>
-
+<script type="text/javascript">
+var default_markup = '{{default_markup}}';
+</script>
 {{something}}