diff --git a/htroot/Table_API_p.java b/htroot/Table_API_p.java
index 43ee5bca3..e64d743eb 100644
--- a/htroot/Table_API_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Table_API_p.java
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public class Table_API_p {
                 prop.put("showtable_list_" + count + "_dateLastExec", date_last_exec == null ? "-" : GenericFormatter.FORMAT_SIMPLE.format(date_last_exec));
                 prop.put("showtable_list_" + count + "_dateNextExec", date_next_exec == null ? "-" : GenericFormatter.FORMAT_SIMPLE.format(date_next_exec));
                 prop.put("showtable_list_" + count + "_type", row.get(WorkTables.TABLE_API_COL_TYPE));
-                prop.put("showtable_list_" + count + "_comment", row.get(WorkTables.TABLE_API_COL_COMMENT));
+                prop.putHTML("showtable_list_" + count + "_comment", row.get(WorkTables.TABLE_API_COL_COMMENT));
                 // check type & action to link crawl start URLs back to CrawlStartExpert.html
                 if (prop.get("showtable_list_" + count + "_type", "").equals(WorkTables.TABLE_API_TYPE_CRAWLER)
                         && prop.get("showtable_list_" + count + "_comment", "").startsWith("crawl start for")) {