diff --git a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
index 460920d8..d98abb83 100644
--- a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
+++ b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ h2 {
   padding-bottom: 0.2em;
   margin: 1em 0 0.37em;
 }
+
+body p {
+  white-space: normal;
+}
 `
 }
 
diff --git a/browser/lib/markdown.js b/browser/lib/markdown.js
index af68b0e3..cc8475fb 100644
--- a/browser/lib/markdown.js
+++ b/browser/lib/markdown.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var md = markdownit({
   linkify: true,
   html: true,
   xhtmlOut: true,
+  breaks: true,
   highlight: function (str, lang) {
     if (lang === 'flowchart') {
       return `<pre class="flowchart">${str}</pre>`