From af7c32d3aaa8324dcb18ee713b28f1a21c8cdcdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chocobo1 <Chocobo1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:00:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] WebUI: remove temporary element

---
 src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js
index 8783fba69..d456648b4 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/misc.js
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ window.qBittorrent.Misc = (function() {
     const escapeHtml = function(str) {
         const div = document.createElement('div');
         div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(str));
-        return div.innerHTML;
+        const escapedString = div.innerHTML;
+        div.remove();
+        return escapedString;
     }
 
     const safeTrim = function(value) {