diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Placeholder.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Placeholder.svelte
index 28bef5067..84135a195 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Placeholder.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Placeholder.svelte
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 						<Tooltip
 							className=" w-fit"
 							content={marked.parse(
-								sanitizeResponseContent(models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.description ?? '')
+								sanitizeResponseContent(models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.description ?? '').replaceAll('\n', '<br>')
 							)}
 							placement="top"
 						>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 								class="mt-0.5 px-2 text-sm font-normal text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 line-clamp-2 max-w-xl markdown"
 							>
 								{@html marked.parse(
-									sanitizeResponseContent(models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.description)
+									sanitizeResponseContent(models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.description ?? '').replaceAll('\n', '<br>')
 								)}
 							</div>
 						</Tooltip>