diff --git a/md4tj_parse.el b/md4tj_parse.el
index c896d35..bda3b32 100644
--- a/md4tj_parse.el
+++ b/md4tj_parse.el
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 			(cond ((or (eq (nth 1 state) 'code) (eq (nth 1 state) 'begincode)) (md4tj-clean-code-for-html cleanline))
 				  ((string-match "^#+ " cleanline) (md4tj-process-header (md4tj-process-line cleanline)))
 				  ((string= "---" cleanline) "<hr>") ;; horizontal line
-				  ((= (length cleanline) 0) "<br/>") ;; blank line
+				  ((= (length cleanline) 0) "<br>") ;; blank line
 				  (t (md4tj-process-paragraph (md4tj-process-line cleanline))))
 			
 			;; End of multiline block