diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
index 03634a0155..9d679db334 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ public SpanInfo(Object span, int start, Element element, boolean more){
 		int colorInsert=UiUtils.getThemeColor(context, R.attr.colorM3Success);
 		int colorDelete=UiUtils.getThemeColor(context, R.attr.colorM3Error);
 
+		if(source.endsWith("\n"))
+			source=source.stripTrailing();
+
 		Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(source).body().traverse(new NodeVisitor(){
 			private final ArrayList<SpanInfo> openSpans=new ArrayList<>();