diff --git a/save-html.c b/save-html.c
index 45bec2a96..609ab9e84 100644
--- a/save-html.c
+++ b/save-html.c
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ char *replace_char(char *str, char replace, char *replace_by)
 
 char *quote(char *string)
 {
-	char *new_line_removed = replace_char(string, '\n', "<br>");
-	char *less_than_removed = replace_char(new_line_removed, '<', "&lt;");
+	char *less_than_removed = replace_char(string, '<', "&lt;");
 	char *greater_than_removed = replace_char(less_than_removed, '>', "&gt;");
-	char *double_quotes_removed = replace_char(greater_than_removed, '"', "&quot;");
+	char *new_line_removed = replace_char(greater_than_removed, '\n', "<br>");
+	char *double_quotes_removed = replace_char(new_line_removed, '"', "&quot;");
 	char *single_quotes_removed = replace_char(double_quotes_removed, '\'', "&#39;");
 	free(new_line_removed);
 	free(less_than_removed);