diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerAdd.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerAdd.controller.js
index 8f3ae65621..48dcbb764b 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerAdd.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerAdd.controller.js
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ export default ['$compile', '$filter', '$state', '$stateParams', 'AddSchedule',
     // extra_data field is not manifested in the UI when scheduling a Management Job
     if ($state.current.name === 'jobTemplateSchedules.add'){
         $scope.parseType = 'yaml';
+        // grab any existing extra_vars from parent job_template
         var defaultUrl = GetBasePath('job_templates') + $stateParams.id + '/';
         Rest.setUrl(defaultUrl);
         Rest.get().then(function(res){
-            // sanitize
-            var data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(res.data.extra_vars));
+            var data = res.data.extra_vars;
             $scope.extraVars = data === '' ? '---' :  data;
             ParseTypeChange({
                 scope: $scope,
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerForm.partial.html b/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerForm.partial.html
index cd8c563b17..e3fffecec7 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerForm.partial.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/scheduler/schedulerForm.partial.html
@@ -630,8 +630,8 @@
                 </a>
 
                 <div class="parse-selection">
-                    <input type="radio" ng-model="parseType" ng-change="parseTypeChange()" value="yaml"><span class="parse-label">YAML</span>
-                    <input type="radio"  ng-model="parseType" ng-change="parseTypeChange()" value="json"> <span class="parse-label">JSON</span>
+                    <input type="radio" ng-model="parseType" ng-change="parseTypeChange('parseType', 'extraVars')" value="yaml"><span class="parse-label">YAML</span>
+                    <input type="radio"  ng-model="parseType" ng-change="parseTypeChange('parseType', 'extraVars')" value="json"> <span class="parse-label">JSON</span>
                 </div>
 
             </label>