# Hugo inserting scripts into search index json breaking it, possible bug maybe?
**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168
**Category:** support
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168 "2022-10-30T13:18:37Z")
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### Author:  [@benmarte](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/benmarte)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168/1 "2022-10-30T13:18:37Z")
So I’m using elasticlunr for search and for some reason hugo is inserting 2 script tags to my son which causes it to break.
This is the template I am using for my json file in `layouts/json/single.html`
```auto
{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" slice -}}
{{- range .Site.Pages -}}
{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" (dict "title" .Title "uri" .Permalink "tags" .Params.tags "content" .Plain "section" (.Section | title)) -}}
{{- end -}}
{{- $.Scratch.Get "index" | jsonify -}}
```
This is the toml of my page:
```auto
---
type: "json"
url: "search-index.json"
---
```
When I visit the link to my json file I see hugo is appending 2 script tags which is breaking my search index. These are the script tags:
```auto
```
If I start hugo with livereload disabled everything works fine: `hugo server --disableLiveReload`
Any idea if there is a config setting in order to prevent this or if I am doing something wrong or is this a bug?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@frjo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/frjo)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168/2 "2022-10-30T14:11:21Z")
Is this really a problem? You will ever only see it in development since that is the only time you use `hugo server` and you already found a work around for that.
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### Author:  [@benmarte](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/benmarte)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168/3 "2022-10-30T14:18:14Z")
That’s a fair point I just figured out it worked by disabling live reload, the thing is it was not a problem before so it might be a bug.
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### Author:  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168/4 "2022-10-30T19:29:49Z")
> [@benmarte](#):
>
> it was not a problem before
The behavior changed in v0.102.0 due to:
>
>
> Currently, Hugo does not inject \`livereload\` script if html does not contain \`\\` or \`\\`.
> This sometimes happens if you create new sites without \`theme\` and it is hard to catch the cause soon.
>
> This PR:
>
> \* Inject livereload script even if html does not include \`\\`, \`\\`, or \`\\`
> - Modern browsers execute scripts even if they are outside \`\\`
> - Some js frameworks (confirmed with vite) inject HRM script without \`\\` tag
> \* Append warning script to html if \`\\` or \`\\` is not in html
> \* Fix bug that livereload cannot be appended to the tags with attrs
>
> Close #10105
You are currently generating your JSON search index with the HTML [output format](https://gohugo.io/templates/output-formats#output-format-definitions). By default, this output format has the `isHTML` property set to `true`, which (among other things) triggers injection of the livereload script.
Instead, generate your JSON search index with the JSON output format. By default, this output format has the `isHTML` property set to `false`, which prevents injection of the livereload script.
layouts/\_default/search.json
```plaintext
{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" slice -}}
{{- range .Site.Pages -}}
{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" (dict "title" .Title "uri" .Permalink "tags" .Params.tags "content" .Plain "section" (.Section | title)) -}}
{{- end -}}
{{- $.Scratch.Get "index" | jsonify (dict "indent" " ") -}}
```
content/search.md
```plaintext
+++
title = 'Search'
date = 2022-10-30T11:58:38-07:00
draft = false
outputs = ['json']
layout = 'search'
url = "search-index.json"
+++
```
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### Author:  [@benmarte](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/benmarte)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168/5 "2022-10-31T11:58:36Z")
@jmooring you are a treasure trove of Hugo knowledge, thanks for always looking out for the hugo community. Have a great day.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-inserting-scripts-into-search-index-json-breaking-it-possible-bug-maybe/41168/6 "2022-11-02T11:58:54Z")
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