diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
index fbddee9e..e233ad0f 100644
--- a/app.yaml
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # fanfictionloader ffd-retief
 application: fanfictionloader
-version: 4-0-1
+version: 4-0-2
 runtime: python
 api_version: 1
 
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
index 528ed342..12646a5c 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                         ## more if hit too fast.  This is in
                         ## additional to what ever the
                         ## slow_down_sleep_time setting is.
-        soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(self._fetchUrl(url),
-                                selfClosingTags=('br','hr')) # otherwise soup eats the br/hr tags.
+        soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(self._fetchUrl(url))
 
         ## Remove the 'share' button.
         sharediv = soup.find('div', {'class' : 'a2a_kit a2a_default_style'})