diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index db4147c1e..86944ba60 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -1054,6 +1054,15 @@ function bb_fixtable_lf($match) {
 
 }
 
+function bb_fix_lf($match) {
+	// remove extraneous whitespace between element tags since newlines will all
+	// be converted to '<br />' and turn your neatly crafted tables into a whole lot of
+	// empty space.
+
+	$new_content =  str_replace(["\n\r", "\n", "\r"], '', $match[1]);
+	return  str_replace($match[1], $new_content, $match[0]);
+}
+
 function bbtopoll($s) {
 
 	$pl = [];
@@ -1207,8 +1216,6 @@ function bbcode($text, $options = []) {
 		}
 	}
 
-
-
 	$text = bb_format_attachdata($text);
 
 	// If we find any event code, turn it into an event.
@@ -1249,7 +1256,7 @@ function bbcode($text, $options = []) {
 
 	$text = str_replace("<", "&lt;", $text);
 	$text = str_replace(">", "&gt;", $text);
-	$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[table\](.*?)\[\/table\]/ism",'bb_fixtable_lf',$text);
+
 	$text = str_replace(array("\t", "  "), array("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;", "&nbsp;&nbsp;"), $text);
 
 	// Check for [code] text here, before the linefeeds are messed with.
@@ -1487,10 +1494,10 @@ function bbcode($text, $options = []) {
 
 	// Check for list text
 
-	$text = preg_replace("/<br \/>\[\*\]/ism",'[*]',$text);
-
+	$text = str_replace(["\r\n[*]", "\r[*]", "\n[*]"], "[*]", $text);
 	$text = str_replace("[*]", "<li>", $text);
 
+
  	// handle nested lists
 	$endlessloop = 0;
 
@@ -1499,16 +1506,35 @@ function bbcode($text, $options = []) {
 			((strpos($text, "[/ul]") !== false) && (strpos($text, "[ul]") !== false)) ||
 			((strpos($text, "[/dl]") !== false) && (strpos($text, "[dl")  !== false)) ||
 			((strpos($text, "[/li]") !== false) && (strpos($text, "[li]") !== false))) && (++$endlessloop < 20)) {
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism", '<ul class="listbullet">$1</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list=\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list=\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism", '<ul class="listnone" style="list-style-type: none;">$1</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list=1\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list=1\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism", '<ul class="listdecimal" style="list-style-type: decimal;">$1</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list=((?-i)i)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list=((?-i)i)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'<ul class="listlowerroman" style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">$2</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list=((?-i)I)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list=((?-i)I)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism", '<ul class="listupperroman" style="list-style-type: upper-roman;">$2</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list=((?-i)a)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list=((?-i)a)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism", '<ul class="listloweralpha" style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">$2</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[list=((?-i)A)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[list=((?-i)A)\](.*?)\[\/list\]/ism", '<ul class="listupperalpha" style="list-style-type: upper-alpha;">$2</ul>', $text);
-		$text = preg_replace("/\[ul\](.*?)\[\/ul\]/ism", '<ul class="listbullet">$1</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[ol\](.*?)\[\/ol\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[ol\](.*?)\[\/ol\]/ism", '<ul class="listdecimal" style="list-style-type: decimal;">$1</ul>', $text);
-		$text = preg_replace("/\[\/li\]<br \/>\[li\]/ism",'[/li][li]',$text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[ul\](.*?)\[\/ul\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
+		$text = preg_replace("/\[ul\](.*?)\[\/ul\]/ism", '<ul class="listbullet">$1</ul>', $text);
+
+		$text = preg_replace("/\[\/li\]<br \/>\[li\]/ism",'[/li][li]', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[li\](.*?)\[\/li\]/ism", '<li>$1</li>', $text);
 
 		// [dl] tags have an optional [dl terms="bi"] form where bold/italic/underline/mono/large
@@ -1521,24 +1547,29 @@ function bbcode($text, $options = []) {
 	}
 
 	if (strpos($text,'[checklist]') !== false) {
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[checklist\](.*?)\[\/checklist\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[checklist\](.*?)\[\/checklist\]/ism", 'bb_checklist', $text);
 	}
 
 	if (strpos($text,'[th]') !== false) {
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[th\](.*?)\[\/th\]/sm", '<th>$1</th>', $text);
 	}
+
 	if (strpos($text,'[td]') !== false) {
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[td\](.*?)\[\/td\]/sm", '<td>$1</td>', $text);
 	}
+
 	if (strpos($text,'[tr]') !== false) {
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[tr\](.*?)\[\/tr\]/sm", '<tr>$1</tr>', $text);
 	}
+
 	if (strpos($text,'[/table]') !== false) {
+		$text = preg_replace_callback("/\[table\](.*?)\[\/table\]/ism",'bb_fix_lf',$text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[table\](.*?)\[\/table\]/sm", '<table>$1</table>', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[table border=1\](.*?)\[\/table\]/sm", '<table class="table table-responsive table-bordered" >$1</table>', $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[table border=0\](.*?)\[\/table\]/sm", '<table class="table table-responsive" >$1</table>', $text);
 	}
-	$text = str_replace('</tr><br /><tr>', "</tr>\n<tr>", $text);
+
 	$text = str_replace('[hr]', '<hr />', $text);
 
 	// This is actually executed in prepare_body()
diff --git a/tests/unit/includes/BBCodeTest.php b/tests/unit/includes/BBCodeTest.php
index 6f79c45f4..100d28fc4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/includes/BBCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/includes/BBCodeTest.php
@@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ class BBCodeTest extends UnitTestCase {
 				"[code]\ntestvar = \"this is a test\"\necho \"the message is \$testvar\"\n[/code]",
 				'<pre><code>testvar = "this is a test"<br />echo "the message is $testvar"</code></pre>',
 			],
+			'list with linebreaks \n' => [
+				"some text\n[list]\n[*] item1\n[*] item2\n[/list]\nsome more text",
+				'some text<br /><ul class="listbullet"><li> item1<li> item2</ul><br />some more text'
+			],
+			'list with linebreaks \r' => [
+				"some text\r[list]\r[*] item1\r[*] item2\r[/list]\rsome more text",
+				'some text<br /><ul class="listbullet"><li> item1<li> item2</ul><br />some more text'
+			],
+			'list with linebreaks \r\n' => [
+				"some text\r\n[list]\r\n[*] item1\r\n[*] item2\r\n[/list]\r\nsome more text",
+				'some text<br /><ul class="listbullet"><li> item1<li> item2</ul><br />some more text'
+			]
 		];
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/composer/installed.php b/vendor/composer/installed.php
index 9c1c3eb6a..4386e70b5 100644
--- a/vendor/composer/installed.php
+++ b/vendor/composer/installed.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         'name' => 'zotlabs/hubzilla',
         'pretty_version' => 'dev-9.0RC',
         'version' => 'dev-9.0RC',
-        'reference' => '8754f72e63ea0fd9067c20104a2b068e5c518d0a',
+        'reference' => 'a18e873d08e733225c70b0ace31c3cbb025ff906',
         'type' => 'application',
         'install_path' => __DIR__ . '/../../',
         'aliases' => array(),
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
         'zotlabs/hubzilla' => array(
             'pretty_version' => 'dev-9.0RC',
             'version' => 'dev-9.0RC',
-            'reference' => '8754f72e63ea0fd9067c20104a2b068e5c518d0a',
+            'reference' => 'a18e873d08e733225c70b0ace31c3cbb025ff906',
             'type' => 'application',
             'install_path' => __DIR__ . '/../../',
             'aliases' => array(),