diff --git a/bin/generate.py b/bin/generate.py
index 8bb588ba78..54fc9781eb 100644
--- a/bin/generate.py
+++ b/bin/generate.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ REPO_PATH = ''
 VERBOSE = False
 OUTPUT_PATH = ''
 
-
 def load_objects(file_path, VERBOSE):
     files = []
     manifest_files = path.join(path.expanduser(REPO_PATH), file_path)
@@ -254,6 +253,12 @@ def generate_workbench_panels(response_tasks, stories):
                                      trim_blocks=True)
                 template = j2_env.get_template('panel.j2')
                 output_path = OUTPUT_PATH + "/default/data/ui/panels/workbench_panel_" + response_file_name + ".xml"
+                
+                if response_task['search'].find(">") is not -1:
+                    response_task['search']= response_task['search'].replace(">",">")
+                if response_task['search'].find("<") is not -1:
+                    response_task['search']= response_task['search'].replace("<","&lt;")
+
                 output = template.render(search=response_task['search'])
                 with open(output_path, 'w') as f:
                     f.write(output)