diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
index df9955d5d..ab4c62b35 100644
--- a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
@@ -128,7 +128,16 @@ test "works for bare text/bbcode" do
       assert output == expected
 
       text = "[b]hello world![/b]\n\nsecond paragraph!"
-      expected = "<strong>hello world!</strong><br><br>second paragraph!"
+      expected = "<strong>hello world!</strong><br>\n<br>\nsecond paragraph!"
+
+      {output, [], []} = Utils.format_input(text, "text/bbcode")
+
+      assert output == expected
+
+      text = "[b]hello world![/b]\n\n<strong>second paragraph!</strong>"
+
+      expected =
+        "<strong>hello world!</strong><br>\n<br>\n&lt;strong&gt;second paragraph!&lt;/strong&gt;"
 
       {output, [], []} = Utils.format_input(text, "text/bbcode")