diff --git a/libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableStructureController.php b/libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableStructureController.php
index 8e38edc525..be7a1799b3 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableStructureController.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableStructureController.php
@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ class TableStructureController extends TableController
             $this->db, $this->table, null, true
         );
 
+        foreach ($fields as $key => $row) {
+            if ('text' === substr($row['Type'], -4)) {
+                $fields[$key]['Default'] = stripcslashes(substr($row['Default'], 1, -1));
+            }
+        }
+
         //display table structure
         $this->response->addHTML(
             $this->displayStructure(
diff --git a/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php b/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php
index 9c11a34f79..1282b3e44a 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/InsertEdit.php
@@ -2077,6 +2077,8 @@ class InsertEdit
             $special_chars = Util::addMicroseconds($column['Default']);
         } elseif ($trueType == 'binary' || $trueType == 'varbinary') {
             $special_chars = bin2hex($column['Default']);
+        } elseif ('text' === substr($trueType, -4)) {
+            $special_chars = stripcslashes(substr($column['Default'], 1, -1));
         } else {
             $special_chars = htmlspecialchars($column['Default']);
         }
diff --git a/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php b/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php
index ca42075091..eacfa5a995 100644
--- a/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/tbl_columns_definition_form.inc.php
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ for ($columnNumber = 0; $columnNumber < $num_fields; $columnNumber++) {
             break;
         default:
             $columnMeta['DefaultType'] = 'USER_DEFINED';
+
+            if ('text' === substr($columnMeta['Type'], -4)) {
+                $columnMeta['Default'] = stripcslashes(substr($columnMeta['Default'], 1, -1));
+            }
+
             $columnMeta['DefaultValue'] = $columnMeta['Default'];
             break;
         }