diff --git a/templates/query.html.ep b/templates/query.html.ep
index fa9980c..beda82c 100644
--- a/templates/query.html.ep
+++ b/templates/query.html.ep
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 % use Mojo::JSON 'encode_json';
 
 % if (stash('api_response')) {
-%=  javascript begin
 %   my $kq_hash = stash('api_response');
 %   $kq_hash->{matches} = ["..."];
-  KorAP.koralQuery = <%= b(encode_json($kq_hash))->decode %>;
-%   end
+<span id="koralQuery" data-koralquery="<%== b(encode_json($kq_hash))->decode->xml_escape %>"></span>
 % };