diff --git a/web/src/view/mod.rs b/web/src/view/mod.rs
index 98ee69d..01a1e06 100644
--- a/web/src/view/mod.rs
+++ b/web/src/view/mod.rs
@@ -1058,6 +1058,8 @@ fn message_render(msg: &ShowThreadQueryThreadOnEmailThreadMessages, open: bool)
                 },
                 ) => div![
                     C!["view-part-text-html"],
+                    // If there isn't any HTML tags, treat more like plain text
+                    IF!(!(contents.contains('<') && contents.contains('>')) => C!["whitespace-pre-line"]),
                     raw![contents],
                     IF!(!msg.attachments.is_empty() => render_attachements(&msg.attachments)),
                     view_content_tree(&content_tree),