diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
index 4ebce73b4..2bf711386 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view.ex
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ defp do_render("show.json", %{user: user} = opts) do
       fields: user.fields,
       bot: bot,
       source: %{
-        note: Pleroma.HTML.strip_tags((user.bio || "") |> String.replace("<br>", "\n")),
+        note: (user.bio || "") |> String.replace(~r(<br */?>), "\n") |> Pleroma.HTML.strip_tags(),
         sensitive: false,
         fields: user.raw_fields,
         pleroma: %{
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs
index 43538cb17..51cebe567 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/controllers/account_controller/update_credentials_test.exs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test "updates the user's bio", %{conn: conn} do
 
       conn =
         patch(conn, "/api/v1/accounts/update_credentials", %{
-          "note" => "I drink #cofe with @#{user2.nickname}"
+          "note" => "I drink #cofe with @#{user2.nickname}\n\nsuya.."
         })
 
       assert user_data = json_response(conn, 200)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test "updates the user's bio", %{conn: conn} do
       assert user_data["note"] ==
                ~s(I drink <a class="hashtag" data-tag="cofe" href="http://localhost:4001/tag/cofe">#cofe</a> with <span class="h-card"><a data-user="#{
                  user2.id
-               }" class="u-url mention" href="#{user2.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{user2.nickname}</span></a></span>)
+               }" class="u-url mention" href="#{user2.ap_id}" rel="ugc">@<span>#{user2.nickname}</span></a></span><br/><br/>suya..)
     end
 
     test "updates the user's locking status", %{conn: conn} do
diff --git a/test/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs b/test/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs
index d60ed7b64..983886c6b 100644
--- a/test/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/mastodon_api/views/account_view_test.exs
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ test "Represent a user account" do
         background: background_image,
         nickname: "shp@shitposter.club",
         name: ":karjalanpiirakka: shp",
-        bio: "<script src=\"invalid-html\"></script><span>valid html</span>",
+        bio:
+          "<script src=\"invalid-html\"></script><span>valid html</span>. a<br>b<br/>c<br >d<br />f",
         inserted_at: ~N[2017-08-15 15:47:06.597036]
       })
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ test "Represent a user account" do
       followers_count: 3,
       following_count: 0,
       statuses_count: 5,
-      note: "<span>valid html</span>",
+      note: "<span>valid html</span>. a<br/>b<br/>c<br/>d<br/>f",
       url: user.ap_id,
       avatar: "http://localhost:4001/images/avi.png",
       avatar_static: "http://localhost:4001/images/avi.png",
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ test "Represent a user account" do
       fields: [],
       bot: false,
       source: %{
-        note: "valid html",
+        note: "valid html. a\nb\nc\nd\nf",
         sensitive: false,
         pleroma: %{
           actor_type: "Person",