diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static_controller.js
index 4afc96ead..deb5b37dc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static_controller.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Discourse.StaticController = Discourse.Controller.extend({
       text = text[1];
       this.set('content', text);
     } else {
-      return Discourse.ajax(path + ".json").then(function (result) {
+      return Discourse.ajax(path + ".json", {dataType: 'html'}).then(function (result) {
         staticController.set('content', result);
       });
     }