diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/project.js b/app/assets/javascripts/project.js
index a6c015299a0db796a48753ebb6884cfb04424ae2..af0530b7159b96ff91842596acd93f86ecf63641 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/project.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/project.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             if (ref.header != null) {
               return $('<li />').addClass('dropdown-header').text(ref.header);
             } else {
-              link = $('<a />').attr('href', '#').addClass(ref === selected ? 'is-active' : '').text(ref).attr('data-ref', escape(ref));
+              link = $('<a />').attr('href', '#').addClass(ref === selected ? 'is-active' : '').text(ref).attr('data-ref', ref);
               return $('<li />').append(link);
             }
           },