diff --git a/classes.fields.php b/classes.fields.php
index 1fa6e1f4..aafca6c1 100644
--- a/classes.fields.php
+++ b/classes.fields.php
@@ -1185,12 +1185,12 @@ public function output_script() {
 						<?php if ( $this->args['multiple'] ) : ?>
 
 							<?php foreach ( (array) $this->value as $post_id ) : ?>
-								data.push( <?php echo sprintf( '{ id: %d, text: "%s" }', $post_id, get_the_title( $post_id ) ); ?> );
+								data.push( <?php echo json_encode( array( 'id' => $post_id, 'text' => html_entity_decode( get_the_title( $post_id ) ) ) ); ?> );
 							<?php endforeach; ?>
 
 						<?php else : ?>
 
-							data = <?php echo sprintf( '{ id: %d, text: "%s" }', $this->value, get_the_title( $this->value ) ); ?>;
+							data = <?php echo json_encode( array( 'id' => $post_id, 'text' => html_entity_decode( get_the_title( $post_id ) ) ) ); ?>;
 
 						<?php endif; ?>
 
@@ -1254,8 +1254,9 @@ function cmb_ajax_post_select() {
 
 	$json = array( 'total' => $query->found_posts, 'posts' => array() );
 
-	foreach ( $query->posts as $post_id )
-		array_push( $json['posts'], array( 'id' => $post_id, 'text' => get_the_title( $post_id ) ) );
+	foreach ( $query->posts as $post_id ) {
+		array_push( $json['posts'], array( 'id' => $post_id, 'text' => html_entity_decode( get_the_title( $post_id ) ) ) );
+	}
 
 	echo json_encode( $json );