diff --git a/js/views/attachment_view.js b/js/views/attachment_view.js
index c71eec4250e..c99ca1209db 100644
--- a/js/views/attachment_view.js
+++ b/js/views/attachment_view.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
   });
 
   Whisper.AttachmentView = Backbone.View.extend({
+    tagName: 'span',
     className: 'attachment',
     encodeAsDataUrl: function  () {
         return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {