diff --git a/lib/tasks/search.rake b/lib/tasks/search.rake
index 0e83dd1..abd52df 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/search.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/search.rake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ task :init do
   {% for page in site.html_pages %}"{{ forloop.index0 }}": {
     "id": "{{ forloop.index0 }}",
     "title": "{{ page.title | xml_escape }}",
-    "content": "{{ page.content | markdownify | strip_html | xml_escape | remove: 'Table of contents' | remove: page.title | strip_newlines | replace: '\', ' '}}",
+    "content": "{{ page.content | markdownify | strip_html | xml_escape | remove: \'Table of contents\' | remove: page.title | strip_newlines | replace: \'\\', \' \'}}",
     "url": "{{ page.url | xml_escape }}"
   }{% if forloop.last %}{% else %},
   {% endif %}{% endfor %}