diff --git a/src/Core/ACL.php b/src/Core/ACL.php
index ba4564589d..f7b8924055 100644
--- a/src/Core/ACL.php
+++ b/src/Core/ACL.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ACL
 
 		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('acl/message_recipient.tpl');
 		$o = Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, [
-			'$contacts' => $contacts,
+			'$contacts' => json_encode($contacts),
 			'$selected' => $selected,
 		]);
 
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ class ACL
 			'$emtitle'        => DI::l10n()->t('Example: bob@example.com, mary@example.com'),
 			'$jotnets_summary' => DI::l10n()->t('Connectors'),
 			'$visibility'     => $visibility,
-			'$acl_contacts'   => $acl_contacts,
-			'$acl_groups'     => $acl_groups,
-			'$acl_list'       => $acl_list,
+			'$acl_contacts'   => json_encode($acl_contacts),
+			'$acl_groups'     => json_encode($acl_groups),
+			'$acl_list'       => json_encode($acl_list),
 			'$contact_allow'  => implode(',', $default_permissions['allow_cid']),
 			'$group_allow'    => implode(',', $default_permissions['allow_gid']),
 			'$contact_deny'   => implode(',', $default_permissions['deny_cid']),
diff --git a/view/templates/acl/full_selector.tpl b/view/templates/acl/full_selector.tpl
index ada05fbd41..a2329614eb 100644
--- a/view/templates/acl/full_selector.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/acl/full_selector.tpl
@@ -126,19 +126,19 @@
 
 		// Custom visibility tags inputs
 		let acl_groups = new Bloodhound({
-			local: {{$acl_groups|@json_encode nofilter}},
+			local: {{$acl_groups nofilter}},
 			identify: function(obj) { return obj.type + '-' + obj.id.toString(); },
 			datumTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace(['name']),
 			queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
 		});
 		let acl_contacts = new Bloodhound({
-			local: {{$acl_contacts|@json_encode nofilter}},
+			local: {{$acl_contacts nofilter}},
 			identify: function(obj) { return obj.type + '-' + obj.id.toString(); },
 			datumTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace(['name', 'addr']),
 			queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
 		});
 		let acl = new Bloodhound({
-			local: {{$acl_list|@json_encode nofilter}},
+			local: {{$acl_list nofilter}},
 			identify: function(obj) { return obj.type + '-' + obj.id.toString(); },
 			datumTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace(['name', 'addr']),
 			queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
diff --git a/view/templates/acl/message_recipient.tpl b/view/templates/acl/message_recipient.tpl
index 0e6d8c9395..b8aabf8c7f 100644
--- a/view/templates/acl/message_recipient.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/acl/message_recipient.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		let $recipient_input = $('[name="recipient"]');
 
 		let acl = new Bloodhound({
-			local: {{$contacts|@json_encode nofilter}},
+			local: {{$contacts nofilter}},
 			identify: function(obj) { return obj.id.toString(); },
 			datumTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace(['name', 'addr']),
 			queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,