diff --git a/salt/soc/files/soc/soc.json b/salt/soc/files/soc/soc.json
index 99b556cbe..5da0a0a16 100644
--- a/salt/soc/files/soc/soc.json
+++ b/salt/soc/files/soc/soc.json
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
         "relativeTimeValue": 24,
         "relativeTimeUnit": 30,
         "mostRecentlyUsedLimit": 5,
-        "eventFields": {{ hunt_eventfields }},
+        "eventFields": {{ hunt_eventfields | json }},
         "queryBaseFilter": "",
         "queryToggleFilters": [],
-        "queries": {{ hunt_queries }} ,
-        "actions": {{ hunt_actions }} ,          
+        "queries": {{ hunt_queries | json }} ,
+        "actions": {{ hunt_actions | json }} ,          
       },
       "alerts": {
         "advanced": false,
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
         "relativeTimeValue": 24,
         "relativeTimeUnit": 30,
         "mostRecentlyUsedLimit": 5,
-        "eventFields": {{ alerts_eventfields }},
+        "eventFields": {{ alerts_eventfields | json }},
         "queryBaseFilter": "event.dataset:alert",
         "queryToggleFilters": [
           { "name": "acknowledged", "filter": "event.acknowledged:true", "enabled": false, "exclusive": true },
           { "name": "escalated", "filter": "event.escalated:true", "enabled": false, "exclusive": true }
         ],
-        "queries": {{ alerts_queries }},
-        "actions": {{ alerts_actions }}        
+        "queries": {{ alerts_queries | json }},
+        "actions": {{ alerts_actions | json }}        
       }        
     }
   }