diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.js.coffee
index d0a703d54..9a4609e10 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.js.coffee
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class App.Utils
     @_removeAttributes( html )
 
     # remove tags & content
-    html.find('br, hr, img').remove()
+    html.find('hr, img').remove()
 
     # remove tags, keep content
     html.find('a').replaceWith( ->
diff --git a/public/assets/tests/html-utils.js b/public/assets/tests/html-utils.js
index 4b6bb427e..76621fb35 100644
--- a/public/assets/tests/html-utils.js
+++ b/public/assets/tests/html-utils.js
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ test( "htmlClanup", function() {
   result = App.Utils.htmlClanup( $(source) )
   equal( result.html(), should, source )
 
+  source = "<div><br></div>"
+  should = "<br>"
+  result = App.Utils.htmlClanup( $(source) )
+  equal( result.html(), should, source )
+
 });
 
 // wrap