diff --git a/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.java b/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.java
index b91adffd4..bd295a48f 100644
--- a/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.java
+++ b/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class CrawlProfileEditor_p {
         prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_dark", dark ? "1" : "0");
         prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_status", active ? "1" : "0");
         prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_name", profile.name());
-        prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_startURL", profile.startURL());
+        prop.putHTML("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_startURL", profile.startURL(), true);
         prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_handle", profile.handle());
         prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_depth", profile.generalDepth());
         prop.put("crawlProfiles_" + count + "_filter", profile.generalFilter());
diff --git a/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.xml b/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9194dc61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htroot/CrawlProfileEditor_p.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<crawlProfiles>
+#{crawlProfiles}# 
+	<crawlProfile>
+		<name>#[name]#</name>
+		<status>#(status)#terminated::active#(/status)#</status>
+		<starturl>#[startURL]#</starturl>
+		<depth>#[depth]#</depth>
+		<filter>#[filter]#</filter>
+		<crawlingIfOlder>#[crawlingIfOlder]#</crawlingIfOlder>
+		<crawlingDomFilterDepth>#[crawlingDomFilterDepth]#</crawlingDomFilterDepth>
+		<crawlingDomFilterContent>
+		#{crawlingDomFilterContent}#
+			<item>#[item]#</item>
+		#{/crawlingDomFilterContent}#
+		</crawlingDomFilterContent>
+		<crawlingDomMaxPages>#[crawlingDomMaxPages]#</crawlingDomMaxPages>
+		<withQuery>#(withQuery)#no::yes#(/withQuery)#</withQuery>
+		<storeCache>#(storeCache)#no::yes#(/storeCache)#</storeCache>
+		<indexText>#(indexText)#no::yes#(/indexText)#</indexText>
+		<indexMedia>#(indexMedia)#no::yes#(/indexMedia)#</indexMedia>
+		<remoteIndexing>#(remoteIndexing)#no::yes#(/remoteIndexing)#</remoteIndexing>
+	</crawlProfile>
+#{/crawlProfiles}# 
+</crawlProfiles>