diff --git a/src/modules/fedimbed.js b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
index ec9e807..0b210df 100644
--- a/src/modules/fedimbed.js
+++ b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url) {
   cw = cw ?? "";
 
   // TODO: convert certain HTML tags back to markdown
-  content = content.replace(/<br>/g, "\n");
+  content = content.replace(/<\/?\s*br\s*\/?>/g, "\n");
   content = content.replace(/<\/p><p>/g, "\n\n");
   content = content.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, "");
   content = parseHtmlEntities(content);