diff --git a/api_webchat/messagesArea.js b/api_webchat/messagesArea.js
index 8e0b0832..2ecf0572 100644
--- a/api_webchat/messagesArea.js
+++ b/api_webchat/messagesArea.js
@@ -268,15 +268,16 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
         const messageElement = document.createElement('div');
         messageElement.classList.add('message', type);
         // Replace \n with <br> for correct HTML display
-        messageElement.textContent = messageText;
-        // Replace \n with <br> elements for correct HTML display
-        messageElement.innerHTML = '';
-        messageText.split('\n').forEach((line, idx, arr) => {
-            messageElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(line));
-            if (idx < arr.length - 1) {
-            messageElement.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
-            }
-        });
+        messageElement.appendChild(htmlStringToFragment(messageText));
+        // messageElement.textContent = messageText;
+        // // Replace \n with <br> elements for correct HTML display
+        // messageElement.innerHTML = '';
+        // messageText.split('\n').forEach((line, idx, arr) => {
+        //     messageElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(line));
+        //     if (idx < arr.length - 1) {
+        //     messageElement.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
+        //     }
+        // });
         this.messages.appendChild(messageElement);
         this.scrollToBottom();
     }
@@ -337,10 +338,10 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
             if(promptData.mailMessageId == -1) {    // we are using the reply from the compose window!
                 promptData.action = "2"; // replace text
             }
-            let finalText = fullTextHTMLAtAssignment;
+            let finalText = removeAloneBRs(fullTextHTMLAtAssignment);
             const selectedHTML = this.getCurrentSelectionHTML();
             if(selectedHTML != "") {
-                finalText = selectedHTML;
+                finalText = removeAloneBRs(selectedHTML);
             }
 
             switch(promptData.action) {
@@ -521,9 +522,11 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
     
             // Convert Markdown to DOM nodes using the markdown-it library
             const md = window.markdownit();
-            const html = md.render(fullText);
+            const html = convertNewlinesToBr(md.render(fullText));
 
             this.fullTextHTML += html;
+
+            // console.log(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flushAccumulatingMessage this.fullTextHTML: " + this.fullTextHTML);
     
             // Create a new DOM parser
             const parser = new DOMParser();
@@ -557,4 +560,46 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
 
 }
 
-customElements.define('messages-area', MessagesArea);
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+customElements.define('messages-area', MessagesArea);
+
+
+function htmlStringToFragment(htmlString) {
+//   console.log(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> htmlStringToFragment htmlString: " + htmlString);
+  const normalizedHtml = htmlString.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+//   console.log(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> htmlStringToFragment normalizedHtml: " + normalizedHtml);
+  const parser = new DOMParser();
+  const doc = parser.parseFromString(normalizedHtml, 'text/html');
+  const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+  Array.from(doc.body.childNodes).forEach(node => fragment.appendChild(node));
+  return fragment;
+}
+
+function convertNewlinesToBr(text) {
+  return text.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+}
+
+function removeAloneBRs(htmlString) {
+  const parser = new DOMParser();
+  const doc = parser.parseFromString(htmlString, 'text/html');
+
+  const brElements = Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll('br'));
+
+  brElements.forEach(br => {
+    let current = br;
+    let isInsideP = false;
+
+    while (current.parentElement) {
+      if (current.parentElement.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'p') {
+        isInsideP = true;
+        break;
+      }
+      current = current.parentElement;
+    }
+
+    if (!isInsideP) {
+      br.remove();
+    }
+  });
+
+  return doc.body.innerHTML;
+}
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diff --git a/js/mzta-menus.js b/js/mzta-menus.js
index f22bc5ea..01e94a8d 100644
--- a/js/mzta-menus.js
+++ b/js/mzta-menus.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // Some original methods are derived from https://github.com/ali-raheem/Aify/blob/cfadf52f576b7be3720b5b73af7c8d3129c054da/plugin/html/actions.js
 
 import { getPrompts } from './mzta-prompts.js';
-import { getLanguageDisplayName, getMenuContextCompose, getMenuContextDisplay, i18nConditionalGet, getMailSubject, getTagsList, extractJsonObject } from './mzta-utils.js'
+import { getLanguageDisplayName, getMenuContextCompose, getMenuContextDisplay, i18nConditionalGet, getMailSubject, getTagsList, extractJsonObject, convertNewlinesToBr } from './mzta-utils.js'
 import { taPromptUtils } from './mzta-utils-prompt.js';
 import { taLogger } from './mzta-logger.js';
 import { placeholdersUtils } from './mzta-placeholders.js';
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ export class mzta_Menus {
         const getMailBody = async (tabs, do_autoselect = false) => {
             //const tabs = await browser.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true });
             return {tabId: tabs[0].id, 
-                selection: await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getSelectedText" }),
-                selection_html: await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getSelectedHtml" }),
-                text: await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getTextOnly" }),
-                html: await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getFullHtml" }),
-                only_typed_text: await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getOnlyTypedText", do_autoselect: do_autoselect }),
-                only_quoted_text: await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getOnlyQuotedText" })
+                selection: convertNewlinesToBr(await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getSelectedText" })),
+                selection_html: convertNewlinesToBr(await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getSelectedHtml" })),
+                text: convertNewlinesToBr(await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getTextOnly" })),
+                html: convertNewlinesToBr(await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getFullHtml" })),
+                only_typed_text: convertNewlinesToBr(await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getOnlyTypedText", do_autoselect: do_autoselect })),
+                only_quoted_text: convertNewlinesToBr(await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, { command: "getOnlyQuotedText" }))
             };
         };
     
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class mzta_Menus {
             taWorkingStatus.startWorking();
             const tabs = await browser.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true });
             const msg_text = await getMailBody(tabs, placeholdersUtils.hasPlaceholder(curr_prompt.text,'mail_typed_text'));
-    
+            // console.log(">>>>>>>>>>>>> msg_text: " + JSON.stringify(msg_text));
             //check if a selection is needed
             if(String(curr_prompt.need_selected) == "1" && (msg_text.selection==='')){
                 //A selection is needed, but nothing is selected!
diff --git a/js/mzta-utils.js b/js/mzta-utils.js
index da7c6b94..48b68a4c 100644
--- a/js/mzta-utils.js
+++ b/js/mzta-utils.js
@@ -192,13 +192,21 @@ export function sanitizeHtml(input) {
 export function stripHtmlKeepLines(htmlString) {
   // Replaces <p> tags with a newline at the beginning
   // and removes all other HTML tags
-  return htmlString
+  return convertBrToNewlines(htmlString)
     .replace(/<p>/gi, '')                  // removes <p> tags
     .replace(/<\/p>/gi, '\n')              // replaces </p> tags with newline
     .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '')               // removes any other HTML tags
     .trim();                               // removes leading/trailing whitespace
 }
 
+export function convertNewlinesToBr(text) {
+  return text.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+}
+
+function convertBrToNewlines(html) {
+  return html.replace(/<br\s*\/?>/gi, '\n');
+}
+
 // This method is used to convert the model string id used in the URL
 // to the model string used in the webpage
 export function getGPTWebModelString(model) {