diff --git a/resources/js/code/languages.js b/resources/js/code/languages.js
index c0f9e6dd9..ef317334c 100644
--- a/resources/js/code/languages.js
+++ b/resources/js/code/languages.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const modeMap = {
     go: () => legacyLoad('go'),
     haskell: () => legacyLoad('haskell'),
     hs: () => legacyLoad('haskell'),
-    html: async () => html(),
+    html: async () => html({selfClosingTags: true}),
     ini: () => legacyLoad('properties'),
     java: () => legacyLoad('java'),
     javascript: async () => javascript(),