diff --git a/services/gmail.js b/services/gmail.js
index f8a220a..844fe17 100644
--- a/services/gmail.js
+++ b/services/gmail.js
@@ -194,19 +194,20 @@ async function sendThreadedEmail(gmail, { threadId, recipient, encodedSubject, m
   const cidById = {};
   for (const e of inlineEmojis) cidById[e.id] = e.cid;
 
+  const quoteHtml = buildQuoteHtml(quote);
   const htmlBody = `
     <div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333;">
       <p>${messageTextToHtml(cleanText, cidById)}</p>
       ${safeStaffSigHtml ? `<p style="margin: 10px 0;">${safeStaffSigHtml}</p>` : ''}
       ${buildCompanySigHtml()}
-      ${buildQuoteHtml(quote)}
+      ${quoteHtml ? `<br><br>${quoteHtml}` : ''}
     </div>`;
 
   const plainBody = [discordEmojiToText(cleanText)];
   if (safeStaffSigText) plainBody.push('', safeStaffSigText);
   plainBody.push('', ...buildCompanySigText().split('\n'));
   const quoteText = buildQuoteText(quote);
-  if (quoteText) plainBody.push('', quoteText);
+  if (quoteText) plainBody.push('', '', quoteText);
 
   const stamp = Date.now().toString(16);
   const altBoundary = 'alt_' + stamp;