diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/HttpProxy/Parse.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/HttpProxy/Parse.pm
index 5354d6913..5ef8fe9f0 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/HttpProxy/Parse.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Wobject/HttpProxy/Parse.pm
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ sub start {
 	}
   	$self->output("<$tag");
   	for (keys %$attr) {
+		if ($_ eq '/') {
+		   $self->output('/');
+		   next;
+		}
     		$self->output(" $_=\"");
     		my $val = $attr->{$_};
     		if ((lc($tag) eq "input" || lc($tag) eq "textarea" || lc($tag) eq "select")