diff --git a/js/replication.js b/js/replication.js
index 1a7c785b0..3ea119a97 100644
--- a/js/replication.js
+++ b/js/replication.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 var random_server_id = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000000);
-var conf_prefix = "server-id=" + random_server_id + "<br />log-bin=mysql-bin<br />log-error=mysql-bin.err<br />";
+var conf_prefix = "server-id=" + random_server_id + "\nlog-bin=mysql-bin\nlog-error=mysql-bin.err\n";
 
 function update_config() {
     var conf_ignore = "binlog_ignore_db=";
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ function update_config() {
     });
 
     if ($('#db_select option:selected').size() == 0) {
-        $('#rep').html(conf_prefix);
+        $('#rep').text(conf_prefix);
     } else if ($('#db_type option:selected').val() == 'all') {
-        $('#rep').html(conf_prefix + conf_ignore + database_list);
+        $('#rep').text(conf_prefix + conf_ignore + database_list);
     } else {
-        $('#rep').html(conf_prefix + conf_do + database_list);
+        $('#rep').text(conf_prefix + conf_do + database_list);
     }
 }
 
 $(document).ready(function() {
-    $('#rep').html(conf_prefix);
+    $('#rep').text(conf_prefix);
     $('#db_type').change(update_config);
     $('#db_select').change(update_config);