diff --git a/src/webui/webapplication.cpp b/src/webui/webapplication.cpp
index 6a339d159..d175cb2a5 100644
--- a/src/webui/webapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/webapplication.cpp
@@ -265,9 +265,11 @@ void WebApplication::translateDocument(QString &data) const
             // it should fallback to `sourceText`
             QString translation = loadedText.isEmpty() ? sourceText : loadedText;
 
-            // Use HTML code for quotes to prevent issues with JS
-            translation.replace(u'\'', u"'"_s);
-            translation.replace(u'\"', u"""_s);
+            // Escape quotes to workaround issues with HTML attributes
+            // FIXME: this is a dirty workaround to deal with broken translation strings:
+            // 1. Translation strings is the culprit of the issue, they should be fixed instead
+            // 2. The escaped quote/string is wrong for JS. JS use backslash to escape the quote: "\""
+            translation.replace(u'"', u"""_s);
 
             data.replace(i, regexMatch.capturedLength(), translation);
             i += translation.length();