diff --git a/lms/templates/footer.html b/lms/templates/footer.html
index 7264422d4f..1ca055d128 100644
--- a/lms/templates/footer.html
+++ b/lms/templates/footer.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## mako
+<%page expression_filter="h"/>
 <%!
   from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
   from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _