diff --git a/libs/flake/text/KoSvgTextChunkShape.cpp b/libs/flake/text/KoSvgTextChunkShape.cpp
--- a/libs/flake/text/KoSvgTextChunkShape.cpp
+++ b/libs/flake/text/KoSvgTextChunkShape.cpp
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@
         if (!dyPos.isEmpty()) {
             context.shapeWriter().startElement("br");
             context.shapeWriter().endElement();
+            //we can't store the following attributes in the br, so store them in a span
+            context.shapeWriter().startElement("span");
         }
 
         KoSvgTextProperties parentProperties =
@@ -441,6 +443,11 @@
         // After adding all the styling to the <p> element, add the text
         context.shapeWriter().addTextNode(d->text);
 
+        if (!dyPos.isEmpty()) {
+            //end span that was put after br
+            context.shapeWriter().endElement();
+        }
+
 
     }
     else {
diff --git a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgTextEditor.cpp b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgTextEditor.cpp
--- a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgTextEditor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgTextEditor.cpp
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@
             if (!converter.convertFromHtml(m_textEditorWidget.richTextEdit->document()->toHtml(), &svg, &styles)) {
                 qWarning() << "Eeeek";
             }
-            if (!converter.convertToSvg(&svg, &styles)) {
-                qDebug() << "Eeeek 2";
-            }
+            //if (!converter.convertToSvg(&svg, &styles)) {
+            //    qDebug() << "Eeeek 2";
+            //}
             m_textEditorWidget.svgTextEdit->setPlainText(svg);
             m_textEditorWidget.svgStylesEdit->setPlainText(styles);
         }