diff --git a/assets/ts/components/Alerts.tsx b/assets/ts/components/Alerts.tsx
index 316d601a93..1e9fd95eb5 100644
--- a/assets/ts/components/Alerts.tsx
+++ b/assets/ts/components/Alerts.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const htmlInsertFormatting = (str: string): string => {
   return str
     .replace(/^(.*:)\s/, "<strong>$1</strong>\n")
     .replace(/\n(.*:)\s/, "<br /><strong>$1</strong>\n")
-    .replace(/\s*\n/g, "<br />");
+    .replace(/\s*\n/g, " <br />");
 };
 
 // Strips off trailing periods of URLs (i guess the regex above matches the period if the URL is at the end of the sentence.)
diff --git a/assets/ts/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/AlertsTest.tsx.snap b/assets/ts/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/AlertsTest.tsx.snap
index 6cadc04e53..b113d4c672 100644
--- a/assets/ts/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/AlertsTest.tsx.snap
+++ b/assets/ts/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/AlertsTest.tsx.snap
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ exports[`it renders 1`] = `
                     <div
                       dangerouslySetInnerHTML={
                         Object {
-                          "__html": "<strong>Affected direction:</strong><br />Inbound<br />
-<br /><strong>Affected stops:</strong><br />Meridian St @ West Eagle St",
+                          "__html": "<strong>Affected direction:</strong> <br />Inbound <br />
+<br /><strong>Affected stops:</strong> <br />Meridian St @ West Eagle St",
                         }
                       }
                     />
diff --git a/lib/dotcom_web/views/alert_view.ex b/lib/dotcom_web/views/alert_view.ex
index 7e2a2f8652..aa1ccf0870 100644
--- a/lib/dotcom_web/views/alert_view.ex
+++ b/lib/dotcom_web/views/alert_view.ex
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ defmodule DotcomWeb.AlertView do
     # an initial header
     |> String.replace(~r/^(.*:)(\r\n|\r|\n)/, "<strong>\\1</strong>\n")
     # all other start with a line break
-    |> String.replace(~r/\n(.*:)(\r\n|\r|\n)/, "<br /><strong>\\1</strong>\n")
-    |> String.replace(~r/\s*\n/s, "<br />")
+    |> String.replace(~r/\n(.*:)(\r\n|\r|\n)/, " <br /><strong>\\1</strong>\n")
+    |> String.replace(~r/\s*\n/s, " <br />")
     |> replace_urls_with_links
   end
 
diff --git a/test/dotcom_web/views/alert_view_test.exs b/test/dotcom_web/views/alert_view_test.exs
index ee42524b84..a6a153b5d7 100644
--- a/test/dotcom_web/views/alert_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/dotcom_web/views/alert_view_test.exs
@@ -60,35 +60,35 @@ defmodule DotcomWeb.AlertViewTest do
     end
 
     test "replaces newlines with breaks" do
-      expected = {:safe, "hi<br />there"}
+      expected = {:safe, "hi <br />there"}
       actual = format_alert_description("hi\nthere")
 
       assert expected == actual
     end
 
     test "combines multiple newlines" do
-      expected = {:safe, "hi<br />there"}
+      expected = {:safe, "hi <br />there"}
       actual = format_alert_description("hi\n\n\nthere")
 
       assert expected == actual
     end
 
     test "combines multiple Windows newlines" do
-      expected = {:safe, "hi<br />there"}
+      expected = {:safe, "hi <br />there"}
       actual = format_alert_description("hi\r\n\r\nthere")
 
       assert expected == actual
     end
 
     test "<strong>ifies a header" do
-      expected = {:safe, "hi<br /><strong>Header:</strong><br />7:30"}
+      expected = {:safe, "hi <br /><strong>Header:</strong> <br />7:30"}
       actual = format_alert_description("hi\nHeader:\n7:30")
 
       assert expected == actual
     end
 
     test "<strong>ifies a starting long header" do
-      expected = {:safe, "<strong>Long Header:</strong><br />7:30"}
+      expected = {:safe, "<strong>Long Header:</strong> <br />7:30"}
       actual = format_alert_description("Long Header:\n7:30")
 
       assert expected == actual