diff --git a/js/Conditions/conditions.js b/js/Conditions/conditions.js
index 1aa75fd6..c714ceef 100644
--- a/js/Conditions/conditions.js
+++ b/js/Conditions/conditions.js
@@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ const App = () => {
         const field = document.getElementById( 'feed-post-filters-conditions' );
         if ( field && field.value ) {
             const parsedConditions = JSON.parse( field.value );
-            setConditions( parsedConditions && parsedConditions.conditions ? parsedConditions : { conditions: [], match: 'all' } );
+            if ( parsedConditions && parsedConditions.conditions ) {
+                parsedConditions.conditions = parsedConditions.conditions.map( condition => {
+                    // We do all these schananigans to make sure we JS doesn't confuse regex for special characters.
+                    if ( typeof condition.value === 'string' ) {
+                        condition.value = condition.value
+                            .replace( /\u0008/g, '\\b' )
+                            .replace( /\u000C/g, '\\f' )
+                            .replace( /\n/g, '\\n' )
+                            .replace( /\r/g, '\\r' )
+                            .replace( /\t/g, '\\t' );
+                    }
+                    return condition;
+                } );
+                setConditions( parsedConditions );
+            } else {
+                setConditions( { conditions: [], match: 'all' } );
+            }
+        } else {
+            setConditions( { conditions: [], match: 'all' } );
         }
     }, [] );