diff --git a/src/gui/MessageBox.cpp b/src/gui/MessageBox.cpp
index 94a4107bd..87898ff5c 100644
--- a/src/gui/MessageBox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MessageBox.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ MessageBox::Button MessageBox::messageBox(QWidget* parent,
         msgBox.setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
         msgBox.setIcon(icon);
         msgBox.setWindowTitle(title);
-        msgBox.setText(text);
+        // Replace newlines with HTML line breaks
+        auto fixedText = text;
+        msgBox.setText(fixedText.replace("\n", "<br>"));
 
         if (m_overrideParent) {
             // Force the creation of the QWindow, without this windowHandle() will return nullptr