diff --git a/Examples/Example-TableWithTags/Example-TableWithTags.ps1 b/Examples/Example-TableWithTags/Example-TableWithTags.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8569d1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/Example-TableWithTags/Example-TableWithTags.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Import-Module .\PSWriteHTML.psd1 -Force
+
+$test = "<test>"
+New-HTML {
+    New-HTMLTableOption -DataStore JavaScript -BoolAsString -ArrayJoinString '<br>' -ArrayJoin
+
+    New-HTMLTab -Name 'Forest' {
+        New-HTMLSection -HeaderText 'Summary' {
+            New-HTMLTable -DataTable $test
+        }
+    }
+} -ShowHTML -FilePath "$PSScriptRoot\Example-TableWithTags.html" -Online
diff --git a/Public/New-HTMLTable.ps1 b/Public/New-HTMLTable.ps1
index ec64681f..84dce713 100644
--- a/Public/New-HTMLTable.ps1
+++ b/Public/New-HTMLTable.ps1
@@ -1308,6 +1308,12 @@
                     ArrayJoinString       = $Script:HTMLSchema['TableOptions']['DataStoreOptions'].ArrayJoinString
                 }
                 $DataToInsert = $Table | ConvertTo-PrettyObject @convertToPrettyObjectSplat | ConvertTo-Json
+                if (-not $InvokeHTMLTags) {
+                    # If InvokeHTMLTags is not set, we need to escape HTML characters
+                    # By default HTML tags are escaped when using DataStore HTML, but not when using JavaScript
+                    # So we need to escape them here, so they don't break the JavaScript code
+                    $DataToInsert = $DataToInsert -replace "<", "&lt;" -replace ">"
+                }
                 if ($DataToInsert.StartsWith('[')) {
                     $Script:HTMLSchema.CustomFooterJS[$DataStoreID] = "var $DataStoreID = $DataToInsert;"
                 } else {
@@ -1328,6 +1334,12 @@
                 ArrayJoinString       = $Script:HTMLSchema['TableOptions']['DataStoreOptions'].ArrayJoinString
             }
             $DataToInsert = $Table | ConvertTo-PrettyObject @convertToPrettyObjectSplat | ConvertTo-Json
+            if (-not $InvokeHTMLTags) {
+                # If InvokeHTMLTags is not set, we need to escape HTML characters
+                # By default HTML tags are escaped when using DataStore HTML, but not when using JavaScript
+                # So we need to escape them here, so they don't break the JavaScript code
+                $DataToInsert = $DataToInsert -replace "<", "&lt;" -replace ">", "&gt;"
+            }
             if ($DataToInsert.StartsWith('[')) {
                 $Options = $Options.Replace('"markerForDataReplacement"', $DataToInsert)
             } else {