diff --git a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
index 94f27472cc10f3ee6591f80f64b4f073c44d1088..2d39fe4622e2c693c0e362e9f44b975a82e5211a 100644
--- a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
+++ b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
                 prdict.push(prlist[j].name + ": " + prlist[j].value);
             }
             prdict.push("CaosDB ID: " + getEntityID(eli));
-            results.push($(`<option value="${getEntityID(eli)}">${prdict.join(", ")}</option>`)[0]);
+            results.push($(`<option value="${getEntityID(eli)}"/>`).text(prdict.join(", "))[0]);
         }
 
         return results;