diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/cat_perm.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/cat_perm.tpl
index b161f115d..e56cbcc73 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/cat_perm.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/cat_perm.tpl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 {combine_css id='jquery.selectize' path="themes/default/js/plugins/selectize.{$themeconf.colorscheme}.css"}
 
 {footer_script}
+const cat_nav = '{$CATEGORIES_NAV|escape:javascript}';
 (function(){
 {* <!-- GROUPS --> *}
 var groupsCache = new GroupsCache({
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ jQuery("#selectStatus").change(function() {
 }());
 
 $(document).ready(function () {
-  $("h1").append(' <span style="letter-spacing:0">{$CATEGORIES_NAV}</span>');
+  $("h1").append(' <span style="letter-spacing:0">'+cat_nav+'</span>');
 })
 {/footer_script}