diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/HtmlReport.vsl b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/HtmlReport.vsl
index a6f3bf4d8..35f673c9e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/HtmlReport.vsl
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/HtmlReport.vsl
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
         <div id="modal-background"></div>
         <div id="modal-content">
             <div>Press CTR-C to copy XML&nbsp;<a href="http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/suppression.html" class="infolink" target="_blank" title="Help with suppressing false positives">[help]</a></div>
-                <textarea id="modal-text" cols="50" rows="10"></textarea><br/>
+                <textarea id="modal-text" cols="50" rows="10" readonly></textarea><br/>
                 <button id="modal-add-header" title="Add the parent XML nodes to create the complete XML file that can be used to suppress this finding" class="modal-button">Complete XML Doc</button><button id="modal-close" class="modal-button-right">Close</button>
         </div>
         <div class="wrapper">