diff --git a/src/app/components/rest/controller.js b/src/app/components/rest/controller.js
index 4b7b1605..251ba6fb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/rest/controller.js
+++ b/src/app/components/rest/controller.js
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ angular.module('cerebro').controller('RestController', ['$scope', '$http',
       if (path.substring(0, 1) !== '/') {
         path = '/' + path;
       }
-      var body = JSON.stringify($scope.editor.getValue(), undefined, 1);
       var curl = 'curl -X' + method + ' \'' + $scope.host + path + '\'';
       if (['POST', 'PUT'].indexOf(method) >= 0) {
-        curl += ' -d \'' + body + '\'';
+        var body = JSON.stringify($scope.editor.getValue(), undefined, 1);
+        var escapedBody = body.replace(/'/g, '\'\\\'\'');
+        curl += ' -d \'' + escapedBody + '\'';
       }
       ClipboardService.copy(
         curl,
diff --git a/tests/components/rest/controller.tests.js b/tests/components/rest/controller.tests.js
index df60a9d9..0e0a8007 100644
--- a/tests/components/rest/controller.tests.js
+++ b/tests/components/rest/controller.tests.js
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ describe('RestController', function() {
     this.AlertService = $injector.get('AlertService');
     this.ModalService = $injector.get('ModalService');
     this.AceEditorService = $injector.get('AceEditorService');
+    this.ClipboardService = $injector.get('ClipboardService');
     this.createController = function() {
       return $controller('RestController',
-        {$scope: this.scope}, this.$http, this.$window, this.RestDataService, this.AlertService, this.ModalService, this.AceEditorService);
+        {$scope: this.scope}, this.$http, this.$window, this.RestDataService, this.AlertService, this.ModalService, this.AceEditorService, this.ClipboardService);
     };
     this._controller = this.createController();
   }));
@@ -183,4 +184,21 @@ describe('RestController', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('copyAsCURLCommand', function() {
+    it('copy given requests as a curl command with correct escaping', function() {
+      this.scope.path = "_reindex"
+      this.scope.host = "http://localhost:9200"
+      this.scope.editor = {
+        getValue: function() {
+          return {
+            "script": "'metricbeat-' + '1234'" 
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      spyOn(this.ClipboardService, 'copy')
+      this.scope.copyAsCURLCommand();
+      expect(this.ClipboardService.copy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('curl -XPOST \'http://localhost:9200/_reindex\' -d \'{\n\ "script": "\'\\\'\'metricbeat-\'\\\'\' + \'\\\'\'1234\'\\\'\'"\n}\'', jasmine.any(Function), jasmine.any(Function));
+    });
+  });
+
 });