diff --git a/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal-release.json b/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal-release.json
index a3fe92a7..d59e2225 100644
--- a/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal-release.json
+++ b/flatpak/org.gnome.Fractal-release.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "app-id" : "org.gnome.Fractal",
     "runtime" : "org.gnome.Platform",
-    "runtime-version" : "3.36",
+    "runtime-version" : "40",
     "sdk" : "org.gnome.Sdk",
     "sdk-extensions" : [
         "org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.rust-stable"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                 {
                     "type" : "git",
                     "url" : "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhandy",
-                    "tag" : "1.0.1"
+                    "tag" : "1.2.3"
                 }
             ]
         },
diff --git a/fractal-gtk/src/appop/message.rs b/fractal-gtk/src/appop/message.rs
index cebd325c..c23f5585 100644
--- a/fractal-gtk/src/appop/message.rs
+++ b/fractal-gtk/src/appop/message.rs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ impl AppOp {
                     let mut md_options = ComrakOptions::default();
                     md_options.hardbreaks = true;
                     let mut md_parsed_msg = markdown_to_html(&msg, &md_options);
-                    md_parsed_msg = trim_p_tags(md_parsed_msg).to_owned();
+                    md_parsed_msg = trim_p_tags(&md_parsed_msg).to_owned();
 
                     if md_parsed_msg != msg {
                         m.formatted_body = Some(md_parsed_msg);