diff --git a/threadr/board/board.php b/threadr/board/board.php
index dee5fbc..e575213 100644
--- a/threadr/board/board.php
+++ b/threadr/board/board.php
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ foreach($statement->fetchAll() as $ROW) {
   $post_time = htmlspecialchars($ROW['post_time']);
   $post_content = htmlspecialchars($ROW['content']);
 
+  // add line breaks to post content, to be replaced with proper makrdown support in the future (see #44)
+  $newlines = array("\r\n", "\n\r", "\r", "\n") // two-character newlines first to prevent placing two line breaks instead of one
+  str_replace($newlines, "<br />", $post_content);
+
   echo "<section>
 <h1>$post_title</h1>
 <article>