diff --git a/src/1-one/output/api/html.js b/src/1-one/output/api/html.js
index a44de9d77..f0889c124 100644
--- a/src/1-one/output/api/html.js
+++ b/src/1-one/output/api/html.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 const isClass = /^\../
 const isId = /^#./
 
-const escapeXml = (str) => {
+const escapeXml = str => {
   str = str.replace(/&/g, '&')
   str = str.replace(/</g, '&lt;')
   str = str.replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
   str = str.replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
-  str = str.replace(/'/g, '&apos;');
+  str = str.replace(/'/g, '&apos;')
   return str
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ const html = function (obj) {
       if (starts.hasOwnProperty(t.id)) {
         out += starts[t.id].join('')
       }
-      out += t.pre || '' + t.text || ''
+      out += t.pre || ''
+      out += t.text || ''
       if (ends.hasOwnProperty(t.id)) {
         out += ends[t.id].join('')
       }
@@ -73,4 +74,4 @@ const html = function (obj) {
   })
   return out
 }
-export default { html }
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+export default { html }
diff --git a/tests/one/output/html.test.js b/tests/one/output/html.test.js
index 2fde7292b..26968eaba 100644
--- a/tests/one/output/html.test.js
+++ b/tests/one/output/html.test.js
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ test('html-match', function (t) {
   doc = nlp(`one match two.`)
   html = doc.html({ '.red': 'match+', '.blue': doc.match('two') })
   t.equal(html, `one <span class="red">match</span> <span class="blue">two</span>.`, here + 'html two classes')
+
+  doc = nlp(`if i can recall, my grey dog loves pizza crusts (they are really good).`)
+  html = doc.html({ '.red': 'my grey dog', '.blue': doc.match('loves') })
+  t.equal(
+    html,
+    `if i can recall, <span class="red">my grey dog</span> <span class="blue">loves</span> pizza crusts (they are really good).`,
+    here + 'html pre test'
+  )
+
   t.end()
 })
 
@@ -25,7 +34,7 @@ test('html-nest', function (t) {
   let doc = nlp(`one match two.`)
   let html = doc.html({
     i: 'match',
-    b: 'one match two'
+    b: 'one match two',
   })
   t.equal(html, `<b>one <i>match</i> two</b>.`, here + 'easy nest')
 
@@ -49,4 +58,4 @@ test('html-implicit', function (t) {
   let out = doc.html({ '.foo': '#Verb' })
   t.equal(out, `he's cool`, here + 'implict')
   t.end()
-})
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+})