diff --git a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
index 1ff09b02f..16bd5adb0 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ const BrewRenderer = (props)=>{
 				pageText = pageText.includes('\n') ? pageText.substring(pageText.indexOf('\n') + 1) : ''; // Remove the \page line
 			}
 
+			// DO NOT REMOVE!!! REQUIRED FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY WITH NON-UPGRADABLE VERSIONS OF CHROME.
+			pageText += `\n\n \n\\column\n `; //Artificial column break at page end to emulate column-fill:auto (until `wide` is used, when column-fill:balance will reappear)
+
 			const html = Markdown.render(pageText, index);
 
 			return <BrewPage className={classes} index={index} key={index} contents={html} style={styles} attributes={attributes} onVisibilityChange={handlePageVisibilityChange} />;