diff --git a/webbuild/webbuild-functions-private b/webbuild/webbuild-functions-private
index 3f0e282..b5a1052 100644
--- a/webbuild/webbuild-functions-private
+++ b/webbuild/webbuild-functions-private
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function showlog() {
       echo -n "<pre>"
       if [ "$LOGTYPE" = "processtail" ]; then
          echo -n "<!-- SCROLL -->"
-         tail -n +0 -f $f --pid $PROCESSPID | stdbuf -oL sed "s|<|\&lt;|g"
+         tail -n +0 -f $f --pid $PROCESSPID | stdbuf -oL sed "s|<\([/]pre>\)|\&lt;\1|g"
          echo -n "<!-- ENDSCROLL -->"
       else
          if [ $LOGFILESIZE -lt 2097152 ]; then