diff --git a/include/openspace/documentation/documentationgenerator.h b/include/openspace/documentation/documentationgenerator.h
index ca91bc9eff..10c6d7ad91 100644
--- a/include/openspace/documentation/documentationgenerator.h
+++ b/include/openspace/documentation/documentationgenerator.h
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ private:
     const std::string _javascriptFile;
 };
     
+
+/**
+ * This function takes a \p text and escapes all necessary characters () that JSON
+ * does not want in its strings.
+ * \param text The text that is to be escaped
+ * \return The same text will all required characteres escaped
+ */
+std::string escapedJson(const std::string& text);
+
 } // namespace openspace
 
 #endif // __OPENSPACE_CORE___DOCUMENTATIONGENERATOR___H__
diff --git a/src/documentation/documentationengine.cpp b/src/documentation/documentationengine.cpp
index 66ef92f7f0..5d41d4d3d8 100644
--- a/src/documentation/documentationengine.cpp
+++ b/src/documentation/documentationengine.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ std::string generateJsonDocumentation(const Documentation& d) {
         result << "\"key\": \"" << p.key << "\",";
         result << "\"optional\": " << (p.optional ? "true" : "false") << ",";
         result << "\"type\": \"" << p.verifier->type() << "\",";
-        result << "\"documentation\": \"" << p.documentation << "\",";
+        result << "\"documentation\": \"" << escapedJson(p.documentation) << "\",";
         TableVerifier* tv = dynamic_cast<TableVerifier*>(p.verifier.get());
         ReferencingVerifier* rv = dynamic_cast<ReferencingVerifier*>(p.verifier.get());
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ std::string generateHtmlDocumentation(const Documentation& d) {
              << "\t\t<td></td>\n"
              << "\t\t<td>" << p.key << "</td>\n"
              << "\t\t<td>" << (p.optional ? "Optional" : "Required") << "</td>\n"
-             << "\t\t<td>" << p.documentation << "</td>\n"
+             << "\t\t<td>" << escapedJson(p.documentation) << "</td>\n"
              << "\t\t<td>" << p.verifier->type() << "</td>\n";
 
         TableVerifier* tv = dynamic_cast<TableVerifier*>(p.verifier.get());
@@ -285,11 +285,12 @@ std::string DocumentationEngine::generateJson() const {
 
     std::string jsonString = "";
     for (const char& c : json.str()) {
-        if (c == '\'') {
-            jsonString += "\\'";
-        }
-        else {
-            jsonString += c;
+        switch (c) {
+            case '\'':
+                jsonString += "\\'";
+                break;
+            default:
+                jsonString += c;
         }
     }
 
@@ -297,26 +298,6 @@ std::string DocumentationEngine::generateJson() const {
 }
 
 void DocumentationEngine::addDocumentation(Documentation doc) {
-    std::function<void(const DocumentationEntry&)> testDocumentation =
-        [&testDocumentation](const DocumentationEntry& e) {
-            (void)e; // Unused variable in Release mode
-            ghoul_assert(
-                e.documentation.find('"') == std::string::npos,
-                fmt::format("Documentation cannot contain \" character. {} does", e.key)
-            );
-
-            TableVerifier* v = dynamic_cast<TableVerifier*>(e.verifier.get());
-            if (v) {
-                for (const DocumentationEntry& e : v->documentations) {
-                    testDocumentation(e);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
-    for (const DocumentationEntry& e : doc.entries) {
-        testDocumentation(e);
-    }
-
     if (doc.id.empty()) {
         _documentations.push_back(std::move(doc));
     }
diff --git a/src/documentation/documentationgenerator.cpp b/src/documentation/documentationgenerator.cpp
index 3f11f02563..96eb80d1f0 100644
--- a/src/documentation/documentationgenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/documentation/documentationgenerator.cpp
@@ -150,4 +150,28 @@ void DocumentationGenerator::writeDocumentation(const std::string& filename) {
                    << "</html>"                                                   << '\n';
 }
     
+std::string escapedJson(const std::string& text) {
+    std::string jsonString = "";
+    for (const char& c : text) {
+        switch (c) {
+        case '\t':
+            jsonString += "\\t";
+            break;
+        case '"':
+            // The " character has to be double escaped as JSON.parse will remove a single
+            // escape character, thus leaving only " behind that breaks the string
+            jsonString += "\\\\\"";
+            break;
+        case '\\':
+            jsonString += "\\\\";
+            break;
+        default:
+            jsonString += c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return jsonString;
+}
+
+
 } // namespace openspace
diff --git a/src/engine/configurationmanager_doc.inl b/src/engine/configurationmanager_doc.inl
index 2d181ae301..96da8110e5 100644
--- a/src/engine/configurationmanager_doc.inl
+++ b/src/engine/configurationmanager_doc.inl
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ documentation::Documentation ConfigurationManager::Documentation() {
                 {
                     ConfigurationManager::PartLogDir,
                     new StringVerifier,
-                    "The directory for logs. Default value is '${BASE_PATH}'",
+                    "The directory for logs. Default value is \"${BASE_PATH}\"",
                     Optional::Yes
                 },
                 {
                     ConfigurationManager::PartLogPerformancePrefix,
                     new StringVerifier,
                     "A string to prefix PerformanceMeasurement logfiles."
-                    "Default value is 'PM-'",
+                    "Default value is \"PM-\"",
                     Optional::Yes
                 },
                 {
diff --git a/src/interaction/keybindingmanager.cpp b/src/interaction/keybindingmanager.cpp
index 2f3db8e2bc..9756791af6 100644
--- a/src/interaction/keybindingmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/keybindingmanager.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ std::string KeyBindingManager::generateJson() const {
         json << "\"key\": \"" << std::to_string(p.first) << "\",";
         json << "\"script\": \"" << p.second.command << "\",";
         json << "\"remoteScripting\": " << (p.second.synchronization ? "true," : "false,");
-        json << "\"documentation\": \"" << p.second.documentation << "\"";
+        json << "\"documentation\": \"" << escapedJson(p.second.documentation) << "\"";
         json << "}";
     }
     json << "]";
diff --git a/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp b/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp
index f81e9d7f2c..b2520f8707 100644
--- a/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/scriptengine.cpp
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ std::string ScriptEngine::generateJson() const {
         for (const LuaLibrary::Function& f : l.functions) {
             json << "{";
             json << "\"name\": \"" << f.name << "\", ";
-            json << "\"arguments\": \"" << f.argumentText << "\", ";
-            json << "\"help\": \"" << f.helpText << "\"";
+            json << "\"arguments\": \"" << escapedJson(f.argumentText) << "\", ";
+            json << "\"help\": \"" << escapedJson(f.helpText) << "\"";
             json << "}";
             if (&f != &l.functions.back() || !l.documentations.empty()) {
                 json << ",";
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ std::string ScriptEngine::generateJson() const {
         for (const LuaLibrary::Documentation& doc : l.documentations) {
             json << "{";
             json << "\"name\": \"" << doc.name << "\", ";
-            json << "\"arguments\": \"" << doc.parameter<< "\", ";
-            json << "\"help\": \"" << doc.description<< "\"";
+            json << "\"arguments\": \"" << escapedJson(doc.parameter) << "\", ";
+            json << "\"help\": \"" << escapedJson(doc.description) << "\"";
             json << "}";
             if (&doc != &l.documentations.back()) {
                 json << ",";