diff --git a/fedilogue.go b/fedilogue.go
index 913cfb3..0e12385 100644
--- a/fedilogue.go
+++ b/fedilogue.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	p = bluemonday.NewPolicy()
 	spaceReg = regexp.MustCompile(`[\s\t\.]+`)
+	removeHTMLReg = regexp.MustCompile(`<\/?\s*br\s*>`)
 	re = regexp.MustCompile("^https?://([^/]*)/(.*)$")
 
 	for _, endpoint := range settings.Autostart {
diff --git a/instance.go b/instance.go
index 6cd81fa..6961817 100644
--- a/instance.go
+++ b/instance.go
@@ -2,19 +2,13 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"net"
 )
 
-var p *bluemonday.Policy
-var spaceReg *regexp.Regexp
-var re *regexp.Regexp
-
 func DoTries(o *RunningInstance, req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	var resp *http.Response
 	var err error
diff --git a/retrieve.go b/retrieve.go
index 00e2abd..5597a25 100644
--- a/retrieve.go
+++ b/retrieve.go
@@ -10,8 +10,15 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"regexp"
+	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 )
 
+var p *bluemonday.Policy
+var spaceReg *regexp.Regexp
+var removeHTMLReg *regexp.Regexp
+var re *regexp.Regexp
+
 type ImageType struct {
 	//	Type	string `json:"type"`
 	Url string `json:"url"`
@@ -137,7 +144,8 @@ func check_post(uri string) (PostJson, error) {
 		return postjson, err
 	}
 
-	postjson.normalized = html.UnescapeString(strings.ToLower(p.Sanitize(postjson.Content)))
+	postjson.normalized = removeHTMLReg.ReplaceAllString(postjson.Content, " ")
+	postjson.normalized = html.UnescapeString(strings.ToLower(p.Sanitize(postjson.normalized)))
 	postjson.normalized = spaceReg.ReplaceAllString(postjson.normalized, " ")
 
 	_, err = pool.Exec(context.Background(), "INSERT INTO posts (id, inreplyto, published, summary, content, normalized, attributedto, posthash, instance) VALUES($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)", postjson.ID, postjson.InReplyTo, postjson.Published, postjson.Summary, postjson.Content, postjson.normalized, postjson.AttributedTo, postjson.posthash, postjson.instance)