diff --git a/route/route.go b/route/route.go
index fb62ee5cfc..249d727917 100644
--- a/route/route.go
+++ b/route/route.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"html"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net"
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ func (r *Router) version(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 func (r *Router) debugTrace(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	traceID := mux.Vars(req)["traceID"]
 	shard := r.Sharder.WhichShard(traceID)
-	w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"traceID":"%s","node":"%s"}`, traceID, shard.GetAddress())))
+	w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"traceID":"%s","node":"%s"}`, html.EscapeString(traceID), shard.GetAddress())))
 }
 
 func (r *Router) getSamplerRules(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {