diff --git a/_includes/post-description.html b/_includes/post-description.html
index c00e516533e..c9eb0c8196a 100644
--- a/_includes/post-description.html
+++ b/_includes/post-description.html
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 {%- endif -%}
 {%- endcapture -%}
 
-{{- description | strip | truncate: max_length | escape -}}
+{{- description | strip | truncate: max_length | jsonify -}}
diff --git a/assets/js/data/search.json b/assets/js/data/search.json
index 32bcff9b0c5..16296beb0af 100644
--- a/assets/js/data/search.json
+++ b/assets/js/data/search.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ swcache: true
     "categories": {{ post.categories | join: ', ' | jsonify }},
     "tags": {{ post.tags | join: ', ' | jsonify }},
     "date": "{{ post.date }}",
-    "content": "{{ description }}"
+    "content": {{ description | strip_html | replace: "\\", "\\\\" | jsonify }}
   }{% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %}
   {% endfor %}
 ]