diff --git a/_includes/search.html b/_includes/search.html
index 3a8536c..dc0f87f 100644
--- a/_includes/search.html
+++ b/_includes/search.html
@@ -8,32 +8,10 @@
   
   <script src="https://unpkg.com/simple-jekyll-search@latest/dest/simple-jekyll-search.min.js"></script>
   <script>
-    var searchjson = '[ \
-      {% for post in site.posts %} \
-        { \
-          "title"    : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape | replace: "\", "\\\"  }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip | replace: "\", "\\\" }}{%endif%}", \
-          "desc"     : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape | replace: "\", "\\\" }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip | replace: "\", "\\\" }}{%endif%}", \
-          "category" : "{{ post.tags | join: \', \' }}", \
-          "url"      : "{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url | escape }}", \
-          "date"     : "{{ post.date | date: "%B %e, %Y" | default: "January 1, 1970" }}" \
-        }, \
-      {% endfor %} \
-      {% for page in site.html_pages %}{% if page.title != "{title}" and page.title != "404 - Page not found" %} \
-        { \
-          "title"    : "{% if page.title != "" %}{{ page.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{% endif %}", \
-          "desc"     : "{% if page.title != "" %}{{ page.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{% endif %}", \
-          "category" : "{% if page.tags %}{{ page.tags | join: \', \' }}{% else %}page{% endif %}", \
-          "url"      : "{{ site.baseurl }}{{ page.url }}", \
-          "date"     : "{{ page.date | date: '%B %e, %Y' | default: "January 1, 1970" }}" \
-        }{% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %} \
-      {% endif %}{% endfor %} \
-    ]';
-    searchjson = JSON.parse(searchjson);
-
-    var sjs = SimpleJekyllSearch({
+    SimpleJekyllSearch({
       searchInput: document.getElementById('nav-search-input'),
       resultsContainer: document.getElementById('search-results-container'),
-      json: searchjson
+      json: '{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/data/searchcorpus.json' 
     });
   </script>
 </div>
diff --git a/assets/data/searchcorpus.json b/assets/data/searchcorpus.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0aecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/data/searchcorpus.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+layout: null
+---
+[ 
+{% for post in site.posts %} 
+{ 
+"title"    : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{%endif%}", 
+"desc"     : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{%endif%}", 
+"category" : "{{ post.tags | join: ', ' }}", 
+"url"      : "{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url | escape }}", 
+"date"     : "{{ post.date | date: "%B %e, %Y" | default: "January 1, 1970" }}" 
+}, 
+{% endfor %} 
+{% for page in site.html_pages %}{% if page.title != "{title}" and page.title != "404 - Page not found" %} 
+{ 
+"title"    : "{% if page.title != "" %}{{ page.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{% endif %}", 
+"desc"     : "{% if page.title != "" %}{{ page.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{% endif %}", 
+"category" : "{% if page.tags %}{{ page.tags | join: ', ' }}{% else %}page{% endif %}", 
+"url"      : "{{ site.baseurl }}{{ page.url }}", 
+"date"     : "{{ page.date | date: '%B %e, %Y' | default: "January 1, 1970" }}" 
+}{% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %} 
+{% endif %}{% endfor %} 
+]