diff --git a/admin/panels/entry/admin.entry.write.tpl b/admin/panels/entry/admin.entry.write.tpl
index 2a1dd58..a8224e0 100755
--- a/admin/panels/entry/admin.entry.write.tpl
+++ b/admin/panels/entry/admin.entry.write.tpl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 			<p><label for="subject">{$panelstrings.subject}</label><br />
 			<input type="text" {$error.subject|notempty:'class="field-error"'} 
 				name="subject" id="subject" 
-				value="{$subject|default:$smarty.request.subject}" /><br />
+				value="{$subject|default:$smarty.request.subject|wp_specialchars:1}" /><br />
 			<input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="{$date}" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="entry" value="{$id}" />
 			</p>
diff --git a/admin/panels/static/admin.static.write.tpl b/admin/panels/static/admin.static.write.tpl
index 1a99fa9..d696fd9 100755
--- a/admin/panels/static/admin.static.write.tpl
+++ b/admin/panels/static/admin.static.write.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	
 			<p><label for="subject">{$panelstrings.subject}</label><br />
 			<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" {$error.subject|notempty:'class="field-error"'} 
-			value="{$subject|default:$smarty.request.subject|default:$smarty.request.page}" /><br />
+			value="{$subject|default:$smarty.request.subject|default:$smarty.request.page|wp_specialchars:1}" /><br />
 			<input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="{$date}" />
 			</p>
 			<p>