diff --git a/src/core/utils/misc.cpp b/src/core/utils/misc.cpp
index ae4840ae2..fa0df81e4 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ QString Utils::Misc::parseHtmlLinks(const QString &raw_text)
     static QRegExp reNoScheme("<a\\s+href=\"(?!http(s?))([a-zA-Z0-9\\?%=&/_\\.-:#]+)\\s*\">");
     result.replace(reNoScheme, "<a href=\"http://\\1\">");
 
+    // to preserve plain text formatting
+    result = "<p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">" + result + "</p>";
     return result;
 }