diff --git a/public/js/wn/form/formatters.js b/public/js/wn/form/formatters.js
index 0b931b9561..7a7789a92b 100644
--- a/public/js/wn/form/formatters.js
+++ b/public/js/wn/form/formatters.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ wn.form.formatters = {
 		return wn.form.formatters.Text(value);
 	},
 	Code: function(value) {
-		return "<pre>" + (value==null ? "" : value) + "</pre>"
+		return "<pre>" + (value==null ? "" : $("<div>").text(value).html()) + "</pre>"
 	},
 	WorkflowState: function(value) {
 		workflow_state = wn.model.get("Workflow State", value)[0];