diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
index 11a030ac..72a25bf1 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class BaseEfictionAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             key = labelSpan.string.strip()
 
             ## strip trailing line breaks
-            valueStr = re.sub("<br />", "", valueStr)
+            valueStr = re.sub("<br/>", "", valueStr)
 
             ## strip trailing colons
             key = re.sub("\s*:\s*$", "", key)