Passing velocity variable to javascript

Hi All,

I am passing velocity variables like $e.name to JS and able to retrieve the same. But, I was also passing $entities to JS and was able to retrieve which all of a sudden is not working anymore. Could you please suggest what could be wrong in the below snippet and any alternatives?

#set($entitylist=$entities)
<script type="text/javascript">
var listofitems= "${entitylist}";

console.log(listofitems);

</script>