diff --git a/webinterface.py b/webinterface.py
index a66c37c8..8ccae798 100644
--- a/webinterface.py
+++ b/webinterface.py
@@ -3981,9 +3981,7 @@ def individualPostAsHtml(recentPostsCache: {}, maxRecentPosts: int,
             patchStr = gitFormatContent(postJsonObject['object']['content'])
             patchStr = patchStr.replace('\n','<br>').replace('\t','    ')
             contentStr = \
-                '<div class="gitpatch">' + \
-                patchStr.replace('\n','<br>') + \
-                '</div>'
+                '<div class="gitpatch">' + patchStr + '</div>'
 
     postHtml = ''
     if boxName != 'tlmedia':