diff --git a/e107_core/bbcodes/code.bb b/e107_core/bbcodes/code.bb
index 1a92e160a..7ecf467b6 100644
--- a/e107_core/bbcodes/code.bb
+++ b/e107_core/bbcodes/code.bb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ else
 		
 	$code_text = html_entity_decode($code_text, ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8');	
 	$code_text = trim($code_text);
-	$code_text = htmlspecialchars($code_text, ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8').'</pre>';
+	$code_text = htmlspecialchars($code_text, ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8');
 	
 	if($parm == 'inline')
 	{