diff --git a/src/matrixeventprocessor.ts b/src/matrixeventprocessor.ts
index 16862d3ffd498d33392cf52579bd00dbd147e48b..23bd6ebadc570ae666555cd050304cfb5d4c6e45 100644
--- a/src/matrixeventprocessor.ts
+++ b/src/matrixeventprocessor.ts
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ export class MatrixEventProcessor {
         if (profile) {
             params.displayname = profile.displayname;
         }
-        let formattedBodyRegex = new RegExp("<br \/>(.*)<\/blockquote>",'g');
+        let formattedBodyRegex = new RegExp("<br(?: \/)?>(.*)<\/blockquote>",'g');
         let bodyRegex = new RegExp("> <@[^\.>]*:[^\.>]*\.[^\.>]*> (.*)",'g');
         let body: string = "";
         if (event.type !== "m.sticker") {