diff --git a/src/Logic/Utilities.cs b/src/Logic/Utilities.cs
index 23b898457..f329d6f7e 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Utilities.cs
+++ b/src/Logic/Utilities.cs
@@ -2352,6 +2352,10 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic
                         else
                             text = text.Substring(0, lastIndex - 1) + endTag;
                     }
+                    if (text.StartsWith("<i>") && text.EndsWith("</i>") && text.Contains("</i>" + Environment.NewLine + "<i>"))
+                    {
+                        text = text.Replace("</i>" + Environment.NewLine + "<i>", Environment.NewLine);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (italicBeginTagCount == 1 && italicEndTagCount == 0)
diff --git a/src/SubtitleEdit.sln b/src/SubtitleEdit.sln
index 7b8ef1cd2..58805a1d7 100644
--- a/src/SubtitleEdit.sln
+++ b/src/SubtitleEdit.sln
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		TraceAndTestImpact.testsettings = TraceAndTestImpact.testsettings
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Test", "Test\Test.csproj", "{7BE5B8E8-9469-4C7C-89D7-E8C884DEFC0E}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SubversionScc) = preSolution
 		Svn-Managed = True
@@ -26,6 +28,10 @@ Global
 		{511A5B59-1C35-4719-8536-23B19AF9B21A}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{511A5B59-1C35-4719-8536-23B19AF9B21A}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{511A5B59-1C35-4719-8536-23B19AF9B21A}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{7BE5B8E8-9469-4C7C-89D7-E8C884DEFC0E}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{7BE5B8E8-9469-4C7C-89D7-E8C884DEFC0E}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{7BE5B8E8-9469-4C7C-89D7-E8C884DEFC0E}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{7BE5B8E8-9469-4C7C-89D7-E8C884DEFC0E}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/src/Test/FixCommonErrorsTest.cs b/src/Test/FixCommonErrorsTest.cs
index efeb3cd6e..87b42a1ca 100644
--- a/src/Test/FixCommonErrorsTest.cs
+++ b/src/Test/FixCommonErrorsTest.cs
@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ namespace Test
             Assert.AreEqual(target._subtitle.Paragraphs[0].Text, "<i>What do i care.</i>");
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        [DeploymentItem("SubtitleEdit.exe")]
+        public void FixItalicsLine1BadEndingDouble()
+        {
+            var target = new FixCommonErrors_Accessor();
+            InitializeFixCommonErrorsLine(target, "<i>To be a life-changing weekend</i>" + Environment.NewLine + "<i>for all of us.");
+            target.FixInvalidItalicTags();
+            Assert.AreEqual(target._subtitle.Paragraphs[0].Text, "<i>To be a life-changing weekend" + Environment.NewLine + "for all of us.</i>");
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Fix Missing Periods At End Of Line
@@ -374,7 +384,6 @@ namespace Test
         }
         #endregion
 
-
         #region Fix missingspaces
         [TestMethod]
         [DeploymentItem("SubtitleEdit.exe")]