diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_edit.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                 <div class="commit">${_('Editing file')}: ${c.file.path}</div>
             </div>      
 			    <pre id="editor_pre"></pre>
-				<textarea id="editor" name="content" style="display:none">${c.file.content|n}</textarea>
+				<textarea id="editor" name="content" style="display:none">${h.escape(c.file.content)|n}</textarea>
 				<div style="padding: 10px;color:#666666">${_('commit message')}</div>
 				<textarea id="commit" name="message" style="height: 60px;width: 99%;margin-left:4px"></textarea>
 			</div>