diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/attack/technique_reports/__init__.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/attack/technique_reports/__init__.py
index 61c1f89bd20..f3e552ab25f 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/attack/technique_reports/__init__.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/services/attack/technique_reports/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def get_message_and_status(cls, status):
         :param status: Enum from common/attack_utils.py integer value
         :return: Dict with message and status
         """
-        return {'message': cls.get_message_by_status(status), 'status': status}
+        return {'message_string': cls.get_message_by_status(status), 'status': status}
 
     @classmethod
     def get_message_by_status(cls, status):
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ def technique_title(cls):
     def get_tech_base_data(cls):
         """
         Gathers basic attack technique data into a dict.
-        :return: dict E.g. {'message': 'Brute force used', 'status': 2, 'title': 'T1110 Brute force'}
+        :return: dict E.g. {'message_string': 'Brute force used', 'status': 2, 'title': 'T1110 Brute force'}
         """
         data = {}
         status = cls.technique_status()
         title = cls.technique_title()
         data.update({'status': status,
                      'title': title,
-                     'message': cls.get_message_by_status(status)})
+                     'message_string': cls.get_message_by_status(status)})
         data.update(cls.get_mitigation_by_status(status))
         return data
 
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/report-components/AttackReport.js b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/report-components/AttackReport.js
index 8e715e20bf3..f374348b041 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/report-components/AttackReport.js
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/ui/src/components/report-components/AttackReport.js
@@ -157,11 +157,9 @@ class AttackReport extends React.Component {
         }
       }
     }
-    // modify techniques' messages
+    // compiles techniques' message string from markdown to HTML
     for (const tech_id in techniques){
-      if (typeof techniques[tech_id]['message'] === 'string') {
-        techniques[tech_id]['message'] = <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: marked(techniques[tech_id]['message'])}} />;
-      }
+      techniques[tech_id]['message'] = <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: marked(techniques[tech_id]['message_string'])}} />;
     }
 
     return techniques