diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/formatter/from_matrix.py b/mautrix_telegram/formatter/from_matrix.py
index b5dee1d6..d005c05e 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/formatter/from_matrix.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/formatter/from_matrix.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class MatrixParser(HTMLParser):
         return indent
 
     def _newline(self, allow_multi=False):
-        if self._line_is_new or allow_multi:
+        if self._line_is_new and not allow_multi:
             return
         self.text += "\n"
         self._line_is_new = True
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ class MatrixParser(HTMLParser):
         except IndexError:
             pass
 
-        if tag in self.block_tags:
-            self._newline(allow_multi=tag == "br")
-
         entity = self._building_entities.pop(tag, None)
         if entity:
             self.entities.append(entity)
 
+        if tag in self.block_tags:
+            self._newline(allow_multi=tag == "br")
+
 
 command_regex = re.compile("(\s|^)!([A-Za-z0-9@]+)")
 
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/portal.py b/mautrix_telegram/portal.py
index 72397a12..7603704b 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/portal.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/portal.py
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ class Portal:
         else:
             self.log.debug("Unhandled Matrix event: %s", message)
             return
+        self.log.debug("Handled Matrix message: %s", response)
         self.is_duplicate(response, (event_id, space))
         self.db.add(DBMessage(
             tgid=response.id,