1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index a3c742f28..ea3c122a4 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ export namespace Field {
         return !Field.IsField(field) ? '' : (onDelegate ? '=' : '') + (field instanceof ComputedField ? `:=${field.script.originalScript}` : Field.toScriptString(field));
     }
     export function toScriptString(field: Field): string {
-        if (typeof field === 'string') return `"${field}"`;
+        if (typeof field === 'string') {
+            if (field.startsWith('{"')) return `'${field}'`; // bcz: hack ... want to quote the string the right way. if there are nested "'s, then use ' instead of ".  In this case, test for the start of a JSON string of the format {"property": ... } and use outer 's instead of "s
+            return `"${field}"`;
+        }
         if (typeof field === 'number' || typeof field === 'boolean') return String(field);
         if (field === undefined || field === null) return 'null';
         return field[ToScriptString]();