diff --git a/RTLabelProject/Classes/RTLabel.m b/RTLabelProject/Classes/RTLabel.m
index 4cf8624..798d2a6 100755
--- a/RTLabelProject/Classes/RTLabel.m
+++ b/RTLabelProject/Classes/RTLabel.m
@@ -765,14 +765,14 @@ - (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted
 
 - (void)setHighlightedText:(NSString *)text
 {
-	_highlightedText = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br>" withString:@"\n"];
+	_highlightedText = [self replaceLineBreakTag:text];
 	RTLabelExtractedComponent *component = [RTLabel extractTextStyleFromText:_highlightedText paragraphReplacement:self.paragraphReplacement];
     [self setHighlightedTextComponents:component.textComponents];
 }
 
 - (void)setText:(NSString *)text
 {
-	_text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br>" withString:@"\n"];
+	_text = [self replaceLineBreakTag:text];
 	RTLabelExtractedComponent *component = [RTLabel extractTextStyleFromText:_text paragraphReplacement:self.paragraphReplacement];
     [self setTextComponents:component.textComponents];
     [self setPlainText:component.plainText];
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ - (void)setText:(NSString *)text
 
 - (void)setText:(NSString *)text extractedTextComponent:(RTLabelExtractedComponent*)extractedComponent
 {
-	_text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br>" withString:@"\n"];
+	_text = [self replaceLineBreakTag:text];
     [self setTextComponents:extractedComponent.textComponents];
     [self setPlainText:extractedComponent.plainText];
 	[self setNeedsDisplay];
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ - (void)setText:(NSString *)text extractedTextComponent:(RTLabelExtractedCompone
 
 - (void)setHighlightedText:(NSString *)text extractedTextComponent:(RTLabelExtractedComponent*)extractedComponent
 {
-    _highlightedText = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br>" withString:@"\n"];
+    _highlightedText = [self replaceLineBreakTag:text];
     [self setHighlightedTextComponents:extractedComponent.textComponents];
 }
 
@@ -1063,11 +1063,17 @@ - (NSString*)visibleText
     return text;
 }
 
+- (NSString *)replaceLineBreakTag:(NSString *)text {
+    text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br>" withString:@"\n"];
+    text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br/>" withString:@"\n"];
+    return text;
+}
+
 #pragma mark deprecated methods
 
 - (void)setText:(NSString *)text extractedTextStyle:(NSDictionary*)extractTextStyle
 {
-	_text = [text stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<br>" withString:@"\n"];
+	_text = [self replaceLineBreakTag:text];
     [self setTextComponents:[extractTextStyle objectForKey:@"textComponents"]];
     [self setPlainText:[extractTextStyle objectForKey:@"plainText"]];
 	[self setNeedsDisplay];