diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0c02a3e..330ebda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 History
 =======
 
+0.5.1 [Unreleased]
+------------------
+
+* Fixed save SRT to not include cue tags
+
 0.5.0 (15-05-2024)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/test_webvtt.py b/tests/test_webvtt.py
index ccdc5d1..613887e 100644
--- a/tests/test_webvtt.py
+++ b/tests/test_webvtt.py
@@ -108,6 +108,30 @@ def test_write_captions_in_srt(self):
             ''').strip()
             )
 
+    def test_write_captions_in_srt_no_cuetags(self):
+        """https://github.com/glut23/webvtt-py/issues/56"""
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        vtt = webvtt.read(PATH_TO_SAMPLES / 'cue_tags.vtt')
+        vtt.write(out, format='srt')
+
+        out.seek(0)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            out.read(),
+            textwrap.dedent('''
+            1
+            00:00:16,500 --> 00:00:18,500
+            When the moon hits your eye
+
+            2
+            00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:20,500
+            Like a big-a pizza pie
+
+            3
+            00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:21,500
+            That's amore
+            ''').strip()
+            )
+
     def test_write_captions_in_unsupported_format(self):
         self.assertRaises(
             ValueError,
diff --git a/webvtt/srt.py b/webvtt/srt.py
index 0e0637d..e2257ca 100644
--- a/webvtt/srt.py
+++ b/webvtt/srt.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def write(
             '{} --> {}'.format(*map(lambda x: x.replace('.', ','),
                                     (caption.start, caption.end))
                                ),
-            *caption.lines,
+            *caption.text.splitlines(),
             ''
             ])
     f.write('\n'.join(output).rstrip())