diff --git a/include/bb2diaspora.php b/include/bb2diaspora.php
index 77a5f5c2a..f17e7b549 100644
--- a/include/bb2diaspora.php
+++ b/include/bb2diaspora.php
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ function diaspora2bb($s) {
 	$s = Markdown($s);
 
 	$s = str_replace('#','#',$s);
-
-	$s = str_replace("\n",'<br />',$s);
+// we seem to have double linebreaks
+//	$s = str_replace("\n",'<br />',$s);
 
 	$s = html2bbcode($s);
 //	$s = str_replace('&#42;','*',$s);
diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 9071c767b..1c6ce1d45 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -93,11 +93,15 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false, $tryoembed = true) {
 
 	// Convert new line chars to html <br /> tags
 
-	$Text = nl2br($Text);
+
+//	$Text = nl2br($Text);
+	$Text = str_replace(array("\r","\n"), array('<br />','<br />'), $Text);
+
 	if($preserve_nl)
 		$Text = str_replace(array("\n","\r"), array('',''),$Text);
 
 
+
 	// Set up the parameters for a URL search string
 	$URLSearchString = "^\[\]";
 	// Set up the parameters for a MAIL search string
diff --git a/include/html2bbcode.php b/include/html2bbcode.php
index 69ccf41b7..985c36eaa 100644
--- a/include/html2bbcode.php
+++ b/include/html2bbcode.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function html2bbcode($message)
 		$node->nodeValue = str_replace("\n", "\r", $node->nodeValue);
 
 	$message = $doc->saveHTML();
-	$message = str_replace(array("\n<", ">\n", "\r", "\n", "\xC3\x82\xC2\xA0"), array("<", ">", "<br>", " ", ""), $message);
+	$message = str_replace(array("\n<", ">\n", "\r", "\n", "\xC3\x82\xC2\xA0"), array("<", ">", "<br />", " ", ""), $message);
 	$message = preg_replace('= [\s]*=i', " ", $message);
 	@$doc->loadHTML($message);
 
diff --git a/mod/babel.php b/mod/babel.php
index 9d87b47f0..1c881a5bd 100644
--- a/mod/babel.php
+++ b/mod/babel.php
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ function babel_content(&$a) {
 
 		$bbcode = diaspora2bb($diaspora);
 		$o .= t("bb2dia2bb: ") . EOL. EOL; 
-		$o .= $bbcode . EOL. EOL; 
+		$o .= visible_lf($bbcode) . EOL. EOL; 
 
 		$bbcode = html2bbcode($html);
 		$o .= t("bb2md2html2bb: ") . EOL. EOL; 
-		$o .= $bbcode . EOL. EOL; 
+		$o .= visible_lf($bbcode) . EOL. EOL;