diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/drag_and_drop/container.js b/common/static/js/capa/drag_and_drop/container.js
index 6775fdcd25..35107a8b0d 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/drag_and_drop/container.js
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/drag_and_drop/container.js
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 (function(requirejs, require, define) {
-    define([], function() {
+    define(['edx-ui-toolkit/js/utils/html-utils'], function(HtmlUtils) {
         return Container;
 
         function Container(state) {
             state.containerEl = $(
-            '<div ' +
-                'style=" ' +
-                    'clear: both; ' +
-                    'width: 665px; ' +
-                    'margin-left: auto; ' +
-                    'margin-right: auto; ' +
-                '" ' +
-            '></div>'
-        );
+                '<div style=" clear: both; width: 665px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; " ></div>'
+            );
 
-            $('#inputtype_' + state.problemId).before(state.containerEl);
+            $('#inputtype_' + state.problemId).before(HtmlUtils.HTML(state.containerEl).toString());
         }
     }); // End-of: define([], function () {
 }(RequireJS.requirejs, RequireJS.require, RequireJS.define)); // End-of: (function (requirejs, require, define) {