diff --git a/webroot/js/components/chat/chat-message-view.js b/webroot/js/components/chat/chat-message-view.js
index 001637912..4eff92ab8 100644
--- a/webroot/js/components/chat/chat-message-view.js
+++ b/webroot/js/components/chat/chat-message-view.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function formatTimestamp(sentAt) {
   text into the `contenteditable` area on a page.
 */
 function convertToMarkup(str = '') {
-  return str; // convertToText(str).replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+  return convertToText(str).replace(/\n/g, '<p></p>');
 }
 
 function stripTags(str) {