diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index 0c2f655..5c035d8 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             entry = request.POST["text"].strip() 
             entry = entry.replace('\r','') # remove HTML-standard CR inserted
             entry = entry.replace('\n\n','\n<br />\n<br />\n') # replace 2 \n  with <br><br>
-            entry = entry.replace('<p','<br />\n<br') # replace <p> tag, even if it has attributes,  with <br><br>
+            entry = entry.replace('<p>','<br />\n<br') # replace <p> tag  with <br><br>
+            entry = entry.replace('<p ','<br />\n<br') # replace <p> tag  with attributes with <br><br>
             entry = entry.replace('<br>','<br />') # clean up previous hack
             tu = request.POST["tu"].strip()
             tu = clean_tu(tu)