diff --git a/ox/html.py b/ox/html.py
index 8666713..28dcec1 100644
--- a/ox/html.py
+++ b/ox/html.py
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ def sanitize_html(html, tags=None, global_attributes=[]):
         else:
             parts[i] = escape_html(decode_html(part))
     html = ''.join(parts)
-    html = html.replace('\n\n', '<br/><br/>')
     html = add_links(html)
+    html = html.replace('\n\n', '<br/><br/>')
     return sanitize_fragment(html)
 
 def split_tags(string):