diff --git a/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs b/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs
index d47a97c22..5496148c4 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/packages/ssr/src/renderer.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fn to_string_works() {
 
     fn app(cx: Scope) -> Element {
         let dynamic = 123;
-        let dyn2 = "</diiiiiiiiv>"; // todo: escape this
+        let dyn2 = "</diiiiiiiiv>"; // this should be escaped
 
         render! {
             div { class: "asdasdasd", class: "asdasdasd", id: "id-{dynamic}",
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ fn to_string_works() {
                 vec![
                     PreRendered("<div class=\"asdasdasd\" class=\"asdasdasd\"".into(),),
                     Attr(0,),
-                    PreRendered(">Hello world 1 -->".into(),),
+                    PreRendered(">Hello world 1 --&gt;".into(),),
                     Node(0,),
                     PreRendered(
-                        "<-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div>".into(),
+                        "&lt;-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div>".into(),
                     ),
                     Node(1,),
                     Node(2,),
@@ -183,5 +183,5 @@ fn to_string_works() {
 
     use Segment::*;
 
-    assert_eq!(out, "<div class=\"asdasdasd\" class=\"asdasdasd\" id=\"id-123\">Hello world 1 -->123<-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div></diiiiiiiiv><div>finalize 0</div><div>finalize 1</div><div>finalize 2</div><div>finalize 3</div><div>finalize 4</div></div>");
+    assert_eq!(out, "<div class=\"asdasdasd\" class=\"asdasdasd\" id=\"id-123\">Hello world 1 --&gt;123&lt;-- Hello world 2<div>nest 1</div><div></div><div>nest 2</div>&lt;/diiiiiiiiv&gt;<div>finalize 0</div><div>finalize 1</div><div>finalize 2</div><div>finalize 3</div><div>finalize 4</div></div>");
 }
diff --git a/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs b/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs
index 63137aeae..395f801e1 100644
--- a/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs
+++ b/packages/ssr/tests/simple.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn dynamic() {
         dioxus_ssr::render_lazy(rsx! {
             div { "Hello world 1 -->" "{dynamic}" "<-- Hello world 2" }
         }),
-        "<div>Hello world 1 -->123<-- Hello world 2</div>"
+        "<div>Hello world 1 --&gt;123&lt;-- Hello world 2</div>"
     );
 }