diff --git a/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js b/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js
index 2f9b4fcc..3b281e7f 100755
--- a/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js
+++ b/lib/gollum/public/gollum/javascript/editor/gollum.editor.js
@@ -546,9 +546,12 @@
              typeof definitionObject.replace == 'string' ) {
           debug('Running replacement - using ' + definitionObject.replace);
           var rt = definitionObject.replace;
+
+          repText = escape( repText );
           repText = repText.replace( searchExp, rt );
           // remove backreferences
           repText = repText.replace( /\$[\d]/g, '' );
+          repText = unescape( repText );
 
           if ( repText === '' ) {
             debug('Search string is empty');