diff --git a/files/templates/chat.html b/files/templates/chat.html
index ded346dfd..f97db7eba 100644
--- a/files/templates/chat.html
+++ b/files/templates/chat.html
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 		document.getElementsByClassName('userlink')[0].href = '/@' + json['username']
 		document.getElementsByClassName('userlink')[0].innerHTML = json['username']
 		document.getElementsByClassName('userlink')[0].style.color = '#' + json['namecolor']
-		document.getElementsByClassName('quote-btn')[0].onclick = `quote('${text}')`
+		document.getElementsByClassName('quote-btn')[0].onclick = quote(text)
 		document.getElementsByClassName('chat-message')[0].innerHTML = text_html
 		document.getElementById('chat-text').append(document.getElementsByClassName('chat-line')[0].cloneNode(true))
 		if (scrolled_down) box.scrollTo(0, box.scrollHeight)