diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/edit_renderers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/edit_renderers.js
index 3bb608bbe..067499ff5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/edit_renderers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/edit_renderers.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $.fn.dataTable.render.editRepositoryAssetValue = function(formId, columnId, cell
 
 $.fn.dataTable.render.editRepositoryTextValue = function(formId, columnId, cell) {
   let $cell = $(cell.node());
-  let text = $cell.text();
+  let text = $cell.find('.text-value').data('edit-value');
 
   $cell.html(`
     <div class="sci-input-container text-field  error-icon">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/view_renderers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/view_renderers.js
index cfca42aeb..8d23fce1f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/view_renderers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/repositories/renderers/view_renderers.js
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ $.fn.dataTable.render.defaultRepositoryAssetValue = function() {
 };
 
 $.fn.dataTable.render.RepositoryTextValue = function(data) {
-  return data.value;
+  var text = $(`<span class="text-value" data-edit-value="${data.value.edit}">${data.value.view}</span>`);
+  return text.prop('outerHTML');
 };
 
 $.fn.dataTable.render.defaultRepositoryTextValue = function() {
diff --git a/app/serializers/repository_datatable/repository_text_value_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/repository_datatable/repository_text_value_serializer.rb
index 60a788f97..c505abbc2 100644
--- a/app/serializers/repository_datatable/repository_text_value_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/repository_datatable/repository_text_value_serializer.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ module RepositoryDatatable
 
     def value
       @user = scope[:user]
-      custom_auto_link(object.data,
-                       simple_format: true,
-                       team: scope[:team])
+      {
+        view: custom_auto_link(object.data, simple_format: true, team: scope[:team]),
+        edit: sanitize_input(object.data)
+      }
     end
   end
 end