diff --git a/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp b/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp
index d7c632c6..c6988d54 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/utility/json.hpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class JSON
                               bool skip = true;
                               for( auto &p : *internal.Map ) {
                                 if( !skip ) { s += ",\n"; }
-                                s += ( pad + "\"" + p.first + "\" : " + p.second.dump( depth + 1, tab ) );
+                                s += ( pad + "\"" + json_escape(p.first) + "\" : " + p.second.dump( depth + 1, tab ) );
                                 skip = false;
                               }
                               s += ( "\n" + pad.erase( 0, 2 ) + "}" ) ;