diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.js.handlebars
index 2181c36a81..7cc6818c73 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.js.handlebars
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           <h1>{{username}} {{{statusIcon}}}</h1>
           <h2>{{name}}</h2>
 
-          <div class='bio'>{{{bio_excerpt}}}</div>
+          <div class='bio'>{{{bio_cooked}}}</div>
 
           {{#if isSuspended}}
             <div class='suspended'>