diff --git a/app/helpers/utilityHelpers.php b/app/helpers/utilityHelpers.php
index 6f4707bfd0..f6f1d3809e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/utilityHelpers.php
+++ b/app/helpers/utilityHelpers.php
@@ -5064,7 +5064,9 @@ function caQuoteRegexDelimiter(string $regex, string $delimiter) : string {
 	 *
 	 */
 	function caGetHTMLPurifier(?array $options=null) : HTMLPurifier {
-		$config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
+		#$config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
+		# Swapping out config with html5 compatiable config
+		$config = HTMLPurifier_HTML5Config::createDefault();
 		$config->set('URI.DisableExternalResources', !Configuration::load()->get('purify_allow_external_references'));
 		$config->set('Cache.SerializerPath', Configuration::load()->get('purify_serializer_path'));
 		return new HTMLPurifier($config); 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b5616b8891..7f71e008c5 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "easyrdf/easyrdf": "1.1.1",
     "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "~7.0",
     "ezyang/htmlpurifier": "~4.9",
+    "xemlock/htmlpurifier-html5": "~0.1",
     "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.9",
     "guzzlehttp/psr7": "2.7.*",
     "james-heinrich/getid3": "^1.9.20",