diff --git a/core/server/helpers/ghost_head.js b/core/server/helpers/ghost_head.js
index 25d7361e8f..27f782e3f2 100644
--- a/core/server/helpers/ghost_head.js
+++ b/core/server/helpers/ghost_head.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
         ops = [],
         structuredData,
         coverImage, authorImage, keywords,
-        schema;
+        schema,
+        title = hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(blog.title);
 
     trimmedVersion = trimmedVersion ? trimmedVersion.match(majorMinor)[0] : '?';
     // Push Async calls to an array of promises
@@ -49,13 +50,14 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
             metaTitle = results[2].value(),
             publishedDate, modifiedDate,
             tags = tagsHelper.call(self.post, {hash: {autolink: 'false'}}).string.split(','),
-            card = 'summary';
+            card = 'summary',
+            type, authorUrl;
 
         if (!metaDescription) {
             metaDescription = excerpt.call(self.post, {hash: {words: '40'}}).string;
         }
         if (tags[0] !== '') {
-            keywords = tagsHelper.call(self.post, {hash: {autolink: 'false', seperator: ', '}}).string;
+            keywords = hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(tagsHelper.call(self.post, {hash: {autolink: 'false', seperator: ', '}}).string);
         }
         head.push('<link rel="canonical" href="' + url + '" />');
 
@@ -81,25 +83,30 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
             if (self.post.image) {
                 coverImage = self.post.image;
                 // Test to see if image was linked by url or uploaded
-                coverImage = coverImage.substring(0, 4) === 'http' ? coverImage : _.escape(blog.url) + coverImage;
+                coverImage = coverImage.substring(0, 4) === 'http' ? coverImage : hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(blog.url + coverImage);
                 card = 'summary_large_image';
             }
 
             if (self.post.author.image) {
                 authorImage = self.post.author.image;
                 // Test to see if image was linked by url or uploaded
-                authorImage = authorImage.substring(0, 4) === 'http' ? authorImage : _.escape(blog.url) + authorImage;
+                authorImage = authorImage.substring(0, 4) === 'http' ? authorImage : hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(blog.url + authorImage);
             }
 
+            // escaped data
+            metaTitle = hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(metaTitle);
+            metaDescription = hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(metaDescription + '...');
+            authorUrl = hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(blog.url + '/author/' + self.post.author.slug);
+
             schema = {
                 '@context': 'http://schema.org',
                 '@type': 'Article',
-                publisher: _.escape(blog.title),
+                publisher: title,
                 author: {
                     '@type': 'Person',
                     name: self.post.author.name,
                     image: authorImage,
-                    url: _.escape(blog.url) + '/author/' + self.post.author.slug,
+                    url: authorUrl,
                     sameAs: self.post.author.website
                 },
                 headline: metaTitle,
@@ -112,10 +119,10 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
             };
 
             structuredData = {
-                'og:site_name': _.escape(blog.title),
+                'og:site_name': title,
                 'og:type': 'article',
                 'og:title': metaTitle,
-                'og:description': metaDescription + '...',
+                'og:description': metaDescription,
                 'og:url': url,
                 'og:image': coverImage,
                 'article:published_time': publishedDate,
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
                 'article:tag': tags,
                 'twitter:card': card,
                 'twitter:title': metaTitle,
-                'twitter:description': metaDescription + '...',
+                'twitter:description': metaDescription,
                 'twitter:url': url,
                 'twitter:image:src': coverImage
             };
@@ -132,16 +139,14 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
                 if (property === 'article:tag') {
                     _.each(tags, function (tag) {
                         if (tag !== '') {
-                            head.push('<meta property="' + property + '" content="' + tag.trim() + '" />');
+                            tag = hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(tag.trim());
+                            head.push('<meta property="' + property + '" content="' + tag + '" />');
                         }
                     });
                     head.push('');
                 } else if (content !== null && content !== undefined) {
-                    if (property.substring(0, 7) === 'twitter') {
-                        head.push('<meta name="' + property + '" content="' + content + '" />');
-                    } else {
-                        head.push('<meta property="' + property + '" content="' + content + '" />');
-                    }
+                    type = property.substring(0, 7) === 'twitter' ?  'name' : 'property';
+                    head.push('<meta ' + type + '="' + property + '" content="' + content + '" />');
                 }
             });
             head.push('');
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ ghost_head = function (options) {
 
         head.push('<meta name="generator" content="Ghost ' + trimmedVersion + '" />');
         head.push('<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="' +
-            _.escape(blog.title)  + '" href="' + config.urlFor('rss') + '" />');
+            title  + '" href="' + config.urlFor('rss') + '" />');
         return filters.doFilter('ghost_head', head);
     }).then(function (head) {
         var headString = _.reduce(head, function (memo, item) { return memo + '\n    ' + item; }, '');
diff --git a/core/test/unit/server_helpers/ghost_head_spec.js b/core/test/unit/server_helpers/ghost_head_spec.js
index c6c6d7ab32..2e4e875e35 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/server_helpers/ghost_head_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/server_helpers/ghost_head_spec.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('{{ghost_head}} helper', function () {
                 '},\n    "headline": "Welcome to Ghost",\n    "url": "http://testurl.com/post/",\n' +
                 '    "datePublished": "' + post.published_at + '",\n    "dateModified": "' + post.updated_at + '",\n' +
                 '    "image": "http://testurl.com/test-image.png",\n    "keywords": "tag1, tag2, tag3",\n' +
-                '    "description": "blog description"\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
+                '    "description": "blog description..."\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
                 '    <meta name="generator" content="Ghost 0.3" />\n' +
                 '    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Ghost" href="/rss/" />');
 
@@ -102,7 +102,60 @@ describe('{{ghost_head}} helper', function () {
         }).catch(done);
     });
 
-    it('returns structured without tags if there are no tags', function (done) {
+    it('returns structured data if metaTitle and metaDescription have double quotes', function (done) {
+        var post = {
+            meta_description: 'blog "test" description',
+            title: 'title',
+            meta_title: 'Welcome to Ghost "test"',
+            image: '/test-image.png',
+            published_at:  moment('2008-05-31T19:18:15').toISOString(),
+            updated_at: moment('2014-10-06T15:23:54').toISOString(),
+            tags: [{name: 'tag1'}, {name: 'tag2'}, {name: 'tag3'}],
+            author: {
+                name: 'Author name',
+                url: 'http//:testauthorurl.com',
+                slug: 'Author',
+                image: '/test-author-image.png',
+                website: 'http://authorwebsite.com'
+            }
+        };
+
+        helpers.ghost_head.call({relativeUrl: '/post/', version: '0.3.0', post: post}).then(function (rendered) {
+            should.exist(rendered);
+            rendered.string.should.equal('<link rel="canonical" href="http://testurl.com/post/" />\n    \n' +
+                '    <meta property="og:site_name" content="Ghost" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="og:type" content="article" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="og:title" content="Welcome to Ghost &quot;test&quot;" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="og:description" content="blog &quot;test&quot; description..." />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="og:url" content="http://testurl.com/post/" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="og:image" content="http://testurl.com/test-image.png" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="article:published_time" content="' + post.published_at + '" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="article:modified_time" content="' + post.updated_at + '" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="article:tag" content="tag1" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="article:tag" content="tag2" />\n' +
+                '    <meta property="article:tag" content="tag3" />\n    \n' +
+                '    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />\n' +
+                '    <meta name="twitter:title" content="Welcome to Ghost &quot;test&quot;" />\n' +
+                '    <meta name="twitter:description" content="blog &quot;test&quot; description..." />\n' +
+                '    <meta name="twitter:url" content="http://testurl.com/post/" />\n' +
+                '    <meta name="twitter:image:src" content="http://testurl.com/test-image.png" />\n    \n' +
+                '    <script type=\"application/ld+json\">\n{\n' +
+                '    "@context": "http://schema.org",\n    "@type": "Article",\n    "publisher": "Ghost",\n' +
+                '    "author": {\n        "@type": "Person",\n        "name": "Author name",\n    ' +
+                '    \"image\": \"http://testurl.com/test-author-image.png\",\n    ' +
+                '    "url": "http://testurl.com/author/Author",\n        "sameAs": "http://authorwebsite.com"\n    ' +
+                '},\n    "headline": "Welcome to Ghost &quot;test&quot;",\n    "url": "http://testurl.com/post/",\n' +
+                '    "datePublished": "' + post.published_at + '",\n    "dateModified": "' + post.updated_at + '",\n' +
+                '    "image": "http://testurl.com/test-image.png",\n    "keywords": "tag1, tag2, tag3",\n' +
+                '    "description": "blog &quot;test&quot; description..."\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
+                '    <meta name="generator" content="Ghost 0.3" />\n' +
+                '    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Ghost" href="/rss/" />');
+
+            done();
+        }).catch(done);
+    });
+
+    it('returns structured data without tags if there are no tags', function (done) {
         var post = {
             meta_description: 'blog description',
             title: 'Welcome to Ghost',
@@ -143,7 +196,7 @@ describe('{{ghost_head}} helper', function () {
                 '},\n    "headline": "Welcome to Ghost",\n    "url": "http://testurl.com/post/",\n' +
                 '    "datePublished": "' + post.published_at + '",\n    "dateModified": "' + post.updated_at + '",\n' +
                 '    "image": "http://testurl.com/test-image.png",\n' +
-                '    "description": "blog description"\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
+                '    "description": "blog description..."\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
                 '    <meta name="generator" content="Ghost 0.3" />\n' +
                 '    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Ghost" href="/rss/" />');
 
@@ -191,7 +244,7 @@ describe('{{ghost_head}} helper', function () {
                 '    "url": "http://testurl.com/author/Author",\n        "sameAs": "http://authorwebsite.com"\n    ' +
                 '},\n    "headline": "Welcome to Ghost",\n    "url": "http://testurl.com/post/",\n' +
                 '    "datePublished": "' + post.published_at + '",\n    "dateModified": "' + post.updated_at + '",\n' +
-                '    "keywords": "tag1, tag2, tag3",\n    "description": "blog description"\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
+                '    "keywords": "tag1, tag2, tag3",\n    "description": "blog description..."\n}\n    </script>\n\n' +
                 '    <meta name="generator" content="Ghost 0.3" />\n' +
                 '    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Ghost" href="/rss/" />');