diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_JsonList2.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_JsonList2.pm
index 5add6538b..a326e49df 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_JsonList2.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_JsonList2.pm
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ JsonList2_Escape($)
   my $a = shift;
   return "null" if(!defined($a));
   $a =~ s/([\x00-\x09\x0b-\x19\x5c])/sprintf '\u%04x', ord($1)/ge; # Forum 57377
-  $a =~ s/"/\\\\"/g; 
-  $a =~ s/\n/\\\\n/g; 
+  $a =~ s/"/\\"/g; 
+  $a =~ s/\n/\\n/g; 
   my $b = "x$a";
   $a = "<BINARY>" if(!utf8::decode($b)); # Forum #55318
   return $a;