diff --git a/app/controllers/plan_exports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/plan_exports_controller.rb
index 46bcbef953..5684fd6521 100644
--- a/app/controllers/plan_exports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/plan_exports_controller.rb
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ def show_text
   def show_docx
     # Using and optional locals_assign export_format
     render docx: "#{file_name}.docx",
-           content: render_to_string(partial: 'shared/export/plan',
-                                     locals: { export_format: 'docx' })
+           content: clean_html_for_docx_creation(render_to_string(partial: 'shared/export/plan',
+                                                                  locals: { export_format: 'docx' }))
   end
 
   def show_pdf
@@ -136,4 +136,11 @@ def export_params
                   :custom_sections, :research_outputs,
                   formatting: [:font_face, :font_size, { margin: %i[top right bottom left] }])
   end
+
+  # A method to deal with problematic text combinations
+  # in html that break docx creation by htmltoword gem.
+  def clean_html_for_docx_creation(html)
+    # Replaces single backslash \ with \\ with gsub.
+    html.gsub(/\\/, '\&\&')
+  end
 end