diff --git a/assets/data/search.json b/assets/data/search.json
index 6ae087f..5627dca 100644
--- a/assets/data/search.json
+++ b/assets/data/search.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ layout: compress
     "categories": "{{ post.categories | join: ', '}}",
     "tags": "{{ post.tags | join: ', ' }}",
     "date": "{{ post.date }}",
-    "snippet": "{{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | remove_chars | escape | truncate: 300 }}"
+    "snippet": "{{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | remove_chars | escape | truncate: 300 | replace: '\', '\\\\' }}"
   }{% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %}
   {% endfor %}
 ]