diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70582e6..f45787a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@creately/carota",
   "author": "Daniel Earwicker (dan@earwicker.com)",
   "description": "Simple, flexible rich text rendering/editing on HTML Canvas",
-  "version": "1.3.7",
+  "version": "1.3.8",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/danielearwicker/carota.git"
diff --git a/src/html.js b/src/html.js
index 8033378..8cd8d17 100644
--- a/src/html.js
+++ b/src/html.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ exports.html = function( texts ) {
         var span = document.createElement( 'span' );
         Object.keys(obj).forEach(function(k, i) {
             if ( k === 'text' ) {
-                var brAdded = obj[ k ].replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+                var brAdded = obj[ k ].replace(/\n/g, '<br/>');
                 span.innerHTML = brAdded;
             }
             if ( k === 'bold' ) {