diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/album_notification.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/album_notification.tpl
index 6b65b3668..fb58cdb01 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/album_notification.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/album_notification.tpl
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 {combine_css id='jquery.selectize' path="themes/default/js/plugins/selectize.{$themeconf.colorscheme}.css"}
 
 {footer_script}
+
+const cat_nav = '{$CATEGORIES_NAV|escape:javascript}';
+
 jQuery(document).ready(function() {
-  $("h1").append(' <span style="letter-spacing:0">{$CATEGORIES_NAV}</span>');
+  $("h1").append(' <span style="letter-spacing:0">'+cat_nav+'</span>');
 
   jQuery("input[name=who]").change(function () {
     checkWhoOptions();
diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/element_set_ranks.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/element_set_ranks.tpl
index c13429d39..de88687fc 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/element_set_ranks.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/element_set_ranks.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {combine_script id='common' load='footer' path='admin/themes/default/js/common.js'}
 {footer_script require='jquery.ui.sortable'}
+
+const cat_nav = '{$CATEGORIES_NAV|escape:javascript}';
+
 jQuery(document).ready(function() {
-  $("h1").append(' <span style="letter-spacing:0">{$CATEGORIES_NAV}</span>');
+  $("h1").append(' <span style="letter-spacing:0">'+cat_nav+'</span>');
 
   function checkOrderOptions() {
     jQuery("#image_order_user_define_options").hide();