diff --git a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
index 51d08c5ee..048c032ed 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/formatter.ex
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Formatter do
 
   def get_emoji(_), do: []
 
+  def html_escape({text, mentions, hashtags}, type) do
+    {html_escape(text, type), mentions, hashtags}
+  end
+
   def html_escape(text, "text/html") do
     HTML.filter_tags(text)
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
index 20123854d..e4b9102c5 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/common_api/utils.ex
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.Utils do
     options = Keyword.put(options, :mentions_escape, true)
 
     text
-    |> Formatter.html_escape("text/html")
     |> Formatter.linkify(options)
     |> (fn {text, mentions, tags} -> {Earmark.as_html!(text), mentions, tags} end).()
+    |> Formatter.html_escape("text/html")
   end
 
   def make_note_data(
diff --git a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
index dc7b4c229..684f2a23f 100644
--- a/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/common_api/common_api_utils_test.exs
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.UtilsTest do
       {output, [], []} = Utils.format_input(text, "text/markdown")
 
       assert output == expected
+
+      text = """
+      > cool quote
+
+      by someone
+      """
+
+      expected = "<blockquote><p>cool quote</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>by someone</p>\n"
+
+      {output, [], []} = Utils.format_input(text, "text/markdown")
+
+      assert output == expected
     end
 
     test "works for text/markdown with mentions" do
@@ -113,11 +125,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.CommonAPI.UtilsTest do
       text = "**hello world**\n\n*another @user__test and @user__test google.com paragraph*"
 
       expected =
-        "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n<p><em>another <span class='h-card'><a data-user='#{
+        "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n<p><em>another <span class=\"h-card\"><a data-user=\"#{
           user.id
-        }' class='u-url mention' href='http://foo.com/user__test'>@<span>user__test</span></a></span> and <span class='h-card'><a data-user='#{
+        }\" class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"http://foo.com/user__test\">@<span>user__test</span></a></span> and <span class=\"h-card\"><a data-user=\"#{
           user.id
-        }' class='u-url mention' href='http://foo.com/user__test'>@<span>user__test</span></a></span> <a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a> paragraph</em></p>\n"
+        }\" class=\"u-url mention\" href=\"http://foo.com/user__test\">@<span>user__test</span></a></span> <a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a> paragraph</em></p>\n"
 
       {output, _, _} = Utils.format_input(text, "text/markdown")