diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/AddProjectDialog.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/AddProjectDialog.js
index aa790153eee47fab1520b54cd07f4cf16e54b467..4953d18bfeb2ae6a560c7251217636f6684334de 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/AddProjectDialog.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/AddProjectDialog.js
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ AddProjectDialog.prototype.createGeneralTabContent = function () {
     return self.setFileParserForFilename(file.name);
   });
 
-  var manualUrl = self.getConfiguration().getOption(ConfigurationType.USER_MANUAL_FILE);
-  table.appendChild(self.createRow([guiUtils.createLabel("Upload file: "), fileInput,
-    guiUtils.createHelpButton('File with the map. For a quick start, CellDesigner files are accepted directly. Available options and configurations of the source file are discussed in <a href="' + manualUrl + '">manual</a>.')]));
+  var manualUrl = self.getConfiguration().getOption(ConfigurationType.USER_MANUAL_FILE).getValue();
+  var help = 'File with the map. For a quick start, CellDesigner files are accepted directly. Available options and configurations of the source file are discussed in <a href="' + manualUrl + '">manual</a>.';
+  table.appendChild(self.createRow([guiUtils.createLabel("Upload file: "), fileInput, guiUtils.createHelpButton(help)]));
 
   var fileFormatSelect = Functions.createElement({
     type: "select",
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js
index a1011046ecd1b85b7e25558d69f6bcfd8cad74b3..7dd3c7c4bdff56a0876449784e306fdee9fdb8c2 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/GuiUtils.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var AbstractGuiElement = require('../AbstractGuiElement');
 var Functions = require('../../Functions');
 
 var logger = require('../../logger');
-var xss= require('xss');
+var xss = require('xss');
 
 var tabIdCounter = 0;
 
@@ -670,7 +670,13 @@ GuiUtils.prototype.createTab = function (params) {
   }
 };
 
-GuiUtils.prototype.createHelpButton = function (toolTip) {
+GuiUtils.prototype.createHelpButton = function (toolTip, useXss) {
+  var helpContent;
+  if (useXss) {
+    helpContent = xss(toolTip);
+  } else {
+    helpContent = toolTip;
+  }
 
   var helpTipButton = Functions.createElement({
     type: "button",
@@ -681,7 +687,8 @@ GuiUtils.prototype.createHelpButton = function (toolTip) {
   helpTipButton.onclick = function () {
     var helpDialogDiv = Functions.createElement({
       type: "div",
-      content: xss(toolTip)
+      content: helpContent,
+      xss: false
     });
     $(helpDialogDiv).dialog({
       close: function () {