diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/content_status.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/content_status.html
index e62a178f..01734cc7 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/content_status.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/status/content_status.html
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             >
                 {% if status.quote %}
                     <div class="quote block">
-                        <blockquote dir="auto" class="content mb-2">{{ status.quote|safe }}</blockquote>
+                        <blockquote dir="auto" class="content mb-2 preserve-whitespace">{{ status.quote|safe }}</blockquote>
 
                         <p>
                             &mdash; {% include 'snippets/book_titleby.html' with book=status.book %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html
index e0227a44..0c14405c 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/snippets/trimmed_text.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                 {% if not no_trim and trimmed != full %}
                     <div id="hide_full_{{ uuid }}">
                         <div class="content" id="trimmed_{{ uuid }}">
-                            <div dir="auto">{{ trimmed }}</div>
+                            <div dir="auto" class="preserve-whitespace">{{ trimmed }}</div>
 
                             <div>
                             {% if not hide_more %}
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
                         <div class="content">
                             <div
                                 dir="auto"
+                                class="preserve-whitespace"
                                 {% if itemprop %}itemprop="{{ itemprop }}"{% endif %}
                             >
                                 {{ full }}
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
                     <div class="content">
                         <div
                             dir="auto"
+                            class="preserve-whitespace"
                             {% if itemprop %}itemprop="{{ itemprop }}"{% endif %}
                         >
                             {{ full }}