diff --git a/lms/static/js/edxnotes/views/tabs/tags.js b/lms/static/js/edxnotes/views/tabs/tags.js
index 86be5f50c9..5b9eda9764 100644
--- a/lms/static/js/edxnotes/views/tabs/tags.js
+++ b/lms/static/js/edxnotes/views/tabs/tags.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
     'use strict';
     define([
         'gettext', 'jquery', 'underscore', 'js/edxnotes/views/note_group', 'js/edxnotes/views/tab_panel',
-        'js/edxnotes/views/tab_view'
-    ], function(gettext, $, _, NoteGroupView, TabPanelView, TabView) {
+        'js/edxnotes/views/tab_view', 'edx-ui-toolkit/js/utils/html-utils'
+    ], function(gettext, $, _, NoteGroupView, TabPanelView, TabView, HtmlUtils) {
         var view = 'Tags';
         var TagsView = TabView.extend({
             scrollToTag: function(tagName) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
                         container.appendChild(group.render().el);
                     }, this);
 
-                    this.$el.append(container);
+                    this.$el.append(HtmlUtils.HTML(container).toString());
                     return this;
                 },