diff --git a/.changes/load-asset-css.md b/.changes/load-asset-css.md
index 5236ac24a..e5aeaf623 100644
--- a/.changes/load-asset-css.md
+++ b/.changes/load-asset-css.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 "tauri": patch
 ---
 
-make sure css content injected is inside a string and not injected raw
+Make sure CSS content loaded with the `loadAsset` API is inside a template string and not injected raw.
diff --git a/tauri/src/endpoints/asset.rs b/tauri/src/endpoints/asset.rs
index 9f5bb779e..0f30f205d 100644
--- a/tauri/src/endpoints/asset.rs
+++ b/tauri/src/endpoints/asset.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn load(
                   else
                       css.appendChild(document.createTextNode(content))
                   document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(css);
-                }})("{css}")
+                }})(`{css}`)
               "#,
               css = asset_str
             ));