diff --git a/src/Fetch/Message.php b/src/Fetch/Message.php
index abf6abd..212f5fd 100755
--- a/src/Fetch/Message.php
+++ b/src/Fetch/Message.php
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class Message
             }
         } else {
             if (!isset($this->plaintextMessage) && isset($this->htmlMessage)) {
-                $output = preg_replace('/\<br(\s*)?\/?\>/i', PHP_EOL, trim($this->htmlMessage) );
+                $output = preg_replace('/\s*\<br\s*\/?\>/i', PHP_EOL, trim($this->htmlMessage) );
                 $output = strip_tags($output);
 
                 return $output;