diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py
index 851a078d..6eef92f9 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ class BaseSiteAdapter(Configurable):
             retval = re.sub(r"(?!<(div|p)>)\s*(?P<imgtag><img[^>]+>)\s*(?!</(div|p)>)",
                             "<div>\g<imgtag></div>",retval)
             
-        # Don't want body tags in chapter html--writers add them.
+        # Don't want html, head or body tags in chapter html--writers add them.
         # This is primarily for epub updates.
-        retval = re.sub(r"</?body[^>]*>\r?\n?","",retval)
+        retval = re.sub(r"</?(html|head|body)[^>]*>\r?\n?","",retval)
         
         if self.getConfig("replace_br_with_p"):
             # Apply heuristic processing to replace <br> paragraph