diff --git a/Core-Tests/FormatterTests.cs b/Core-Tests/FormatterTests.cs
index f7c492b..cc030c2 100644
--- a/Core-Tests/FormatterTests.cs
+++ b/Core-Tests/FormatterTests.cs
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ second line@@
 
 		private const string ExpectedOutput =
 @"<b>bold</b> <i>italic</i> <u>underlined</u> <strike>striked</strike>
-<a class=""pagelink"" href=""page1.ashx"" title=""Page 1"">page1</a> <a class=""unknownlink"" href=""page2.ashx"" title=""page2"">title</a><br /><br /><pre>&#0042; item 1
-&#0042; item 2
+<a class=""pagelink"" href=""page1.ashx"" title=""Page 1"">page1</a> <a class=""unknownlink"" href=""page2.ashx"" title=""page2"">title</a><br /><br /><pre>&#42; item 1
+&#42; item 2
 second line</pre><br /><table><tr><td>cell</td><td>other cell</td></tr></table>
 ";
 
diff --git a/Core/Formatter.cs b/Core/Formatter.cs
index 91e1c61..976a518 100644
--- a/Core/Formatter.cs
+++ b/Core/Formatter.cs
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ namespace ScrewTurn.Wiki {
 					sb.Remove(match.Index, match.Length);
 					string content = match.Value.Substring(2, match.Length - 4);
 					dummy = new StringBuilder();
-					dummy.Append("<nobr><pre>");
+					dummy.Append("<pre><nobr>");
 					// IE needs \r\n for line breaks
 					dummy.Append(EscapeWikiMarkup(content).Replace("\n", "\r\n"));
-					dummy.Append("</pre></nobr>");
+					dummy.Append("</nobr></pre>");
 					sb.Insert(match.Index, dummy.ToString());
 				}
 				ComputeNoWiki(sb.ToString(), ref noWikiBegin, ref noWikiEnd);