diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/dom/XmlWriter.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/dom/XmlWriter.java
index 52eba849..2c796f7e 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/dom/XmlWriter.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/dom/XmlWriter.java
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ public class XmlWriter extends OutputStreamWriter implements XmlConstants {
         }
 
         write("\" name=\"");
-        write(node.getName());
+        write(HtmlEncoder.encodeXml(node.getName()));
         write("\" prototype=\"");
         write(getNodePrototype(node));
         write("\" created=\"");