diff --git a/application/app.py b/application/app.py
index f9ea185a..bb349cb3 100644
--- a/application/app.py
+++ b/application/app.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def api_answer():
 
         # some formatting for the frontend
         result['answer'] = result['result']
-        result['answer'] = result['answer'].replace("\\n", "<br>")
+        result['answer'] = result['answer'].replace("\\n", "\n")
         try:
             result['answer'] = result['answer'].split("SOURCES:")[0]
         except:
diff --git a/application/static/src/chat.js b/application/static/src/chat.js
index 3c997ad5..3bac21f9 100644
--- a/application/static/src/chat.js
+++ b/application/static/src/chat.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function submitForm(event){
             }
             if(data.answer){
             msg_html = '<div class="bg-indigo-500 text-white p-2 rounded-lg mb-2 self-start"><code class="text-sm">'
+            data.answer = data.answer.replace(/\n/g, "<br>");
             msg_html += data.answer
             msg_html += '</code></div>'
             document.getElementById("messages").innerHTML += msg_html;