diff --git a/mers_lib/Cargo.toml b/mers_lib/Cargo.toml
index 4684f76..e06c23d 100755
--- a/mers_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mers_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mers_lib"
-version = "0.8.17"
+version = "0.8.18"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "library to use the mers language in other projects"
diff --git a/mers_lib/src/errors/themes.rs b/mers_lib/src/errors/themes.rs
index f33ca58..6a9ce75 100644
--- a/mers_lib/src/errors/themes.rs
+++ b/mers_lib/src/errors/themes.rs
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ impl ThemeGen for HtmlDefaultTheme {
             t.push_str("<span style=\"color:");
             t.push_str(color);
             t.push_str(";\">");
-            html_escape::encode_text_to_string(text, t);
+            self.nocolor(text, t);
             t.push_str("</span>");
         } else {
-            html_escape::encode_text_to_string(text, t);
+            self.nocolor(text, t);
         }
     }
     fn nocolor(&self, text: &str, t: &mut String) {
-        t.push_str(text);
+        t.push_str(html_escape::encode_text(text).replace("\n", "<br>\n"));
     }
 }