diff --git a/basic/srv/spotter/appmgr/confupdater.py b/basic/srv/spotter/appmgr/confupdater.py
index a95582c..9c24477 100644
--- a/basic/srv/spotter/appmgr/confupdater.py
+++ b/basic/srv/spotter/appmgr/confupdater.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def update_email(email):
         replace_file_line('/srv/sigmah/conf/sigmah.properties', 'mail.support.to=', email)
     # Ushahidi
     if app_exists('ushahidi'):
-        email_json = '{\"incoming_type\":\"IMAP\",\"incoming_server\":\"localhost\",\"incoming_port\":143,\"incoming_security\":\"None\",\"incoming_username\":\"{}\",\"incoming_password\":\"password\",\"outgoing_type\":\"SMTP\",\"outgoing_server\":\"postfix\",\"outgoing_port\":25,\"outgoing_security\":\"None\",\"outgoing_username\":\"{}\",\"outgoing_password\":\"password\",\"from\":\"{}\",\"from_name\":\"Ushahidi\"}'
+        email_json = '{\\"incoming_type\\":\\"IMAP\\",\\"incoming_server\\":\\"localhost\\",\\"incoming_port\\":143,\\"incoming_security\\":\\"None\\",\\"incoming_username\\":\\"{}\\",\\"incoming_password\\":\\"password\\",\\"outgoing_type\\":\\"SMTP\\",\\"outgoing_server\\":\\"postfix\\",\\"outgoing_port\\":25,\\"outgoing_security\\":\\"None\\",\\"outgoing_username\\":\\"{}\\",\\"outgoing_password\\":\\"password\\",\\"from\\":\\"{}\\",\\"from_name\\":\\"Ushahidi\\"}'
         query = 'UPDATE `config` SET `config_value` = "{}" WHERE `group_name` LIKE "data-provider" AND `config_key` LIKE "email";'.format(email_json)
         run_mysql_query(query, 'ushahidi')
 
@@ -131,6 +131,6 @@ def update_url(host):
     # Ushahidi
     if app_exists('ushahidi'):
         replace_file_line('/srv/ushahidi/conf/config.json', '    "backend_url": ', '"https://ush.{}/platform",'.format(host))
-        api_url = '\"https:\\/\\/ush.{}\\/platform\\/api\\/v3\\/config\\/data-provider\"'
+        api_url = '\\"https:\\\\/\\\\/ush.{}\\\\/platform\\\\/api\\\\/v3\\\\/config\\\\/data-provider\\"'.format(host)
         query = 'UPDATE `config` SET `config_value` = "{}" WHERE `group_name` LIKE "data-provider" AND `config_key` LIKE "url";'.format(api_url)
         run_mysql_query(query, 'ushahidi')