diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index c1de376385..27514d0e23 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export default createReactClass({
             const button = document.createElement("span");
             button.className = "mx_EventTile_copyButton";
             button.onclick = (e) => {
-                const copyCode = button.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("code")[0];
+                const copyCode = button.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("pre")[0];
                 const successful = this.copyToClipboard(copyCode.textContent);
 
                 const buttonRect = e.target.getBoundingClientRect();