diff --git a/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs b/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs
index 01224d15..0ffd10af 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs
+++ b/packages/webui/src/reads.mjs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function redactor({ configDir = null, dataRoot = null } = {}) {
     .sort((a, b) => b[0].length - a[0].length)
     .map(([p, label]) => [new RegExp(`${escape(p.replace(/\/+$/, ''))}(?![\\w.-])`, 'g'), label]);
   return text => {
-    let s = unquote(String(text));
+    let s = String(text);
     for (const [re, label] of known) s = s.replace(re, label);
     return s.replace(/(^|[\s('"`=,[{<]|:(?!\/\/[^/]))~?\/[^\s'"`),;\]}>]+/g, '$1<path>').replace(/(?<![\w.-])\d{17,20}(?![\w.-])/g, '<id>');
   };