diff --git a/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml b/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml
index ca24b7ea..657405c9 100644
--- a/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml
+++ b/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     // ---------- geo/date tag suggestions ----------
     // staged client-side until the main save; each item matches
     // GanjoorPoemGeoDateTagCorrection's shape so it can be sent as-is
-    var geoDateTagSuggestions = @Html.Raw(Model.MyLastEdit != null && Model.MyLastEdit.GeoDateTags != null ? Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Model.MyLastEdit.GeoDateTags, new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings { ContractResolver = new Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver() }) : "[]");
+    var geoDateTagSuggestions = @Html.Raw(Model.MyLastEditGeoDateTagsJson);
     var geoDateTagCoupletTexts = @Html.Raw(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Model.Couplets.ToDictionary(c => c.Item1.ToString(), c => c.Item2)));
     $(document).ready(function () {
         renderPendingGeoDateTags();
diff --git a/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml.cs b/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml.cs
index a0568e5b..796f9ed1 100644
--- a/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml.cs
+++ b/GanjooRazor/Areas/User/Pages/Editor.cshtml.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ namespace GanjooRazor.Areas.User.Pages
         /// </summary>
         public GanjoorPoemCorrectionViewModel MyLastEdit { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// camelCase JSON of MyLastEdit.GeoDateTags, pre-serialized here (rather than inline in the .cshtml
+        /// script block) so the Razor page doesn't embed a C# object-initializer (with its own braces) inside
+        /// a JS statement - that combination was tripping the editor's JS/TS syntax check (TS1109) even though
+        /// it compiled and ran fine.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string MyLastEditGeoDateTagsJson =>
+            JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
+                MyLastEdit?.GeoDateTags ?? Array.Empty<GanjoorPoemGeoDateTagCorrection>(),
+                new JsonSerializerSettings { ContractResolver = new Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver() }
+            );
+
         /// <summary>
         /// page
         /// </summary>