diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
index 6cf8682b8..e8fc9c291 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller.ex
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.Controller do
   def update_profile(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, params) do
     params =
       if bio = params["description"] do
-        Map.put(params, "bio", bio)
+        bio_brs = Regex.replace(~r/\r?\n/,bio,"<br>")
+        Map.put(params, "bio", bio_brs)
       else
         params
       end
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
index 406dace1c..c239239d3 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/twitter_api_controller_test.exs
@@ -784,4 +784,20 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.ControllerTest do
       assert status["id"] == activity.id
     end
   end
+
+  test "Convert newlines to <br> in bio", %{conn: conn} do
+      user = insert(:user)
+
+      conn =
+            conn
+        |> assign(:user, user)
+        |> post("/api/account/update_profile.json", %{
+                "description" => "Hello,\r\nWorld! I\n am a test."
+              })
+
+      user = Repo.get!(User, user.id)
+      assert user.bio == "Hello,<br>World! I<br> am a test."
+  end
+
+  
 end