diff --git a/plt/generatePythonTriggerCode.inc.php b/plt/generatePythonTriggerCode.inc.php
index f185cde..0a3dd1b 100644
--- a/plt/generatePythonTriggerCode.inc.php
+++ b/plt/generatePythonTriggerCode.inc.php
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ function generatePythonTriggerCode($functionName, $pyCode, $row) {
     $imports = "import json\n" . getPythonImports();
 
     // Prepare row data for Python
-    $rowJson = str_replace("'", "\\'", json_encode($row));
+    $rowJson          = json_encode($row, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);
+    $rowJsonPyLiteral = json_encode($rowJson);
 
     // Indent user-provided Python code
     $indentedCode = implode("\n", array_map(fn($line) => '    ' . $line, explode("\n", $pyCode)));
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ $constants
 def $functionName(data, error):
 $indentedCode
 
-data = json.loads('$rowJson')
+data = json.loads($rowJsonPyLiteral)
 error = None
 $functionName(data, error)
 print(json.dumps(data))