diff --git a/pyquarantine/notifications.py b/pyquarantine/notifications.py
index 55dce4a..835eb9f 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/notifications.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/notifications.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class EMailNotification(BaseNotification):
         "i",
         "img",
         "li",
+        "p",
         "span",
         "table",
         "td",
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ class EMailNotification(BaseNotification):
 
         return BeautifulSoup(text, "lxml")
 
-    def get_text_multipart(self, queueid, msg, preferred=_html_text):
+    def get_text_multipart(self, queueid, msg, preferred=_plain_text):
         "Get the mail text of a multipart email in html form."
         soup = None