diff --git a/superset/assets/src/components/AlteredSliceTag.jsx b/superset/assets/src/components/AlteredSliceTag.jsx
index 77cadd4d8..985b16f42 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/components/AlteredSliceTag.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/components/AlteredSliceTag.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { t } from '@superset-ui/translation';
 import TooltipWrapper from './TooltipWrapper';
 import { controls } from '../explore/controls';
 import ModalTrigger from './ModalTrigger';
+import { safeStringify } from '../utils/safeStringify';
 
 const propTypes = {
   origFormData: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ export default class AlteredSliceTag extends React.Component {
     } else if (controls[key] && controls[key].type === 'BoundsControl') {
       return `Min: ${value[0]}, Max: ${value[1]}`;
     } else if (controls[key] && controls[key].type === 'CollectionControl') {
-      return value.map(v => JSON.stringify(v)).join(', ');
+      return value.map(v => safeStringify(v)).join(', ');
     } else if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
       return value ? 'true' : 'false';
     } else if (value.constructor === Array) {
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ export default class AlteredSliceTag extends React.Component {
     } else if (typeof value === 'string' || typeof value === 'number') {
       return value;
     }
-    return JSON.stringify(value);
+    return safeStringify(value);
   }
 
   renderRows() {
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
index 8af3d3cb7..d0714f31b 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   SAVE_TYPE_OVERWRITE,
   DASHBOARD_POSITION_DATA_LIMIT,
 } from '../util/constants';
+import { safeStringify } from '../../utils/safeStringify';
 
 const propTypes = {
   addSuccessToast: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -166,11 +167,11 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
       expanded_slices: expandedSlices,
       css,
       dashboard_title: dashboardTitle,
-      default_filters: JSON.stringify(filters),
+      default_filters: safeStringify(filters),
     };
 
     // make sure positions data less than DB storage limitation:
-    const positionJSONLength = JSON.stringify(positions).length;
+    const positionJSONLength = safeStringify(positions).length;
     const limit =
       dashboardInfo.common.conf.SUPERSET_DASHBOARD_POSITION_DATA_LIMIT ||
       DASHBOARD_POSITION_DATA_LIMIT;
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx
index 9091b1780..f9a7a6cc7 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { t } from '@superset-ui/translation';
 import ModalTrigger from '../../components/ModalTrigger';
 import Checkbox from '../../components/Checkbox';
 import { SAVE_TYPE_OVERWRITE, SAVE_TYPE_NEWDASHBOARD } from '../util/constants';
+import { safeStringify } from '../../utils/safeStringify';
 
 const propTypes = {
   addSuccessToast: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class SaveModal extends React.PureComponent {
       expanded_slices: expandedSlices,
       dashboard_title:
         saveType === SAVE_TYPE_NEWDASHBOARD ? newDashName : dashboardTitle,
-      default_filters: JSON.stringify(filters),
+      default_filters: safeStringify(filters),
       duplicate_slices: this.state.duplicateSlices,
     };
 
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/explore/exploreUtils.js b/superset/assets/src/explore/exploreUtils.js
index ec3496aea..48bb60a4f 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/explore/exploreUtils.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/explore/exploreUtils.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function getAnnotationJsonUrl(slice_id, form_data, isNative) {
   const endpoint = isNative ? 'annotation_json' : 'slice_json';
   return uri.pathname(`/superset/${endpoint}/${slice_id}`)
     .search({
-      form_data: JSON.stringify(form_data,
+      form_data: safeStringify(form_data,
         (key, value) => value === null ? undefined : value),
     }).toString();
 }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export function getExploreUrlAndPayload({
   // Building the querystring (search) part of the URI
   const search = uri.search(true);
   if (formData.slice_id) {
-    search.form_data = JSON.stringify({ slice_id: formData.slice_id });
+    search.form_data = safeStringify({ slice_id: formData.slice_id });
   }
   if (force) {
     search.force = 'true';
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export function exportChart(formData, endpointType) {
   const data = document.createElement('input');
   data.type = 'hidden';
   data.name = 'form_data';
-  data.value = JSON.stringify(payload);
+  data.value = safeStringify(payload);
   exploreForm.appendChild(data);
 
   document.body.appendChild(exploreForm);
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/Rose/Rose.js b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/Rose/Rose.js
index e8a127871..1c18b81bb 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/Rose/Rose.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/Rose/Rose.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { CategoricalColorNamespace } from '@superset-ui/color';
 import { getNumberFormatter } from '@superset-ui/number-format';
 import { getTimeFormatter } from '@superset-ui/time-format';
 import './Rose.css';
+import { safeStringify } from '../../utils/safeStringify';
 
 const propTypes = {
   // Data is an object hashed by numeric value, perhaps timestamp
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ function Rose(element, props) {
   let inTransition = false;
   const ae = roseWrap
     .selectAll('g')
-    .data(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(arcSt.data))) // deep copy data state
+    .data(JSON.parse(safeStringify(arcSt.data))) // deep copy data state
     .enter()
     .append('g')
     .attr('class', 'segment')
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ function Rose(element, props) {
 
   const labels = labelsWrap
     .selectAll('g')
-    .data(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(arcSt.labels)))
+    .data(JSON.parse(safeStringify(arcSt.labels)))
     .enter()
     .append('g')
     .attr('class', 'roseLabel')
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ function Rose(element, props) {
 
   const groupLabels = groupLabelsWrap
     .selectAll('g')
-    .data(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(arcSt.groupLabels)))
+    .data(JSON.parse(safeStringify(arcSt.groupLabels)))
     .enter()
     .append('g');
 
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/core/components/SuperChart.jsx b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/core/components/SuperChart.jsx
index 45c2f0331..0c7e6e695 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/core/components/SuperChart.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/core/components/SuperChart.jsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import { getChartComponentRegistry, getChartTransformPropsRegistry, ChartProps } from '@superset-ui/chart';
 import createLoadableRenderer from './createLoadableRenderer';
+import { safeStringify } from '../../../utils/safeStringify';
 
 const IDENTITY = x => x;
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class SuperChart extends React.PureComponent {
         <div className="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
           <strong>ERROR</strong>&nbsp;
           <code>chartType="{chartType}"</code> &mdash;
-          {JSON.stringify(error)}
+          {safeStringify(error)}
         </div>
       );
     }