diff --git a/files/app/root.ut b/files/app/root.ut
index 66176168..3fab86a2 100644
--- a/files/app/root.ut
+++ b/files/app/root.ut
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ const uciMethods =
             cursor.set(a, b, c);
         }
         else {
-            cursor.set(a, b, c, d);
+            cursor.set(a, b, c, replace(d, "'", ""));
         }
     },
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ const uciMeshMethods =
             cursorm.set(a, b, c);
         }
         else {
-            cursorm.set(a, b, c, d);
+            cursorm.set(a, b, c, replace(d, /['<>]/g, ""));
         }
     },