diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/get-commit-message.py b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/get-commit-message.py
index 2768e31bd032..7a91b74c83d5 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/get-commit-message.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/chromium/get-commit-message.py
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ for entry in feed.entries:
         continue
     url = requests.get(entry.link).url.split('?')[0]
     content = entry.content[0].value
+    content = html_tags.sub('', content)  # Remove any HTML tags
     if re.search(r'Linux', content) is None:
         continue
     #print(url)  # For debugging purposes
     version = re.search(r'\d+(\.\d+){3}', content).group(0)
     print('chromium: TODO -> ' + version)
     print('\n' + url)
-    if fixes := re.search(r'This update includes .+ security fixes\.', content):
-        fixes = html_tags.sub('', fixes.group(0))
+    if fixes := re.search(r'This update includes .+ security fixes\.', content).group(0):
         zero_days = re.search(r'Google is aware( of reports)? that .+ in the wild\.', content)
         if zero_days:
             fixes += " " + zero_days.group(0)