diff --git a/source/Ox/js/HTML.js b/source/Ox/js/HTML.js
index b4b0b530..43c99af2 100644
--- a/source/Ox/js/HTML.js
+++ b/source/Ox/js/HTML.js
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@
     Ox.parseMarkdown <f> Parses (a tiny subset of) Markdown.
         > Ox.parseMarkdown('*foo* **bar** `baz` ``back`tick``')
         '<em>foo</em> <strong>bar</strong> <code>baz</code> <code>back`tick</code>'
+        > Ox.parseMarkdown('foo\n\nbar\n\nbaz')
+        'foo<br><br>bar<br><br>baz'
+        > Ox.parseMarkdown('\n```foo\n\nbar\n\nbaz\n```')
+        '<pre><code class="foo">bar<br><br>baz</code></pre>'
         > Ox.parseMarkdown('<http://example.com>')
         '<a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>'
         > Ox.parseMarkdown('[example](http://example.com "example.com")')
@@ -390,7 +394,6 @@
     Ox.parseMarkdown = function(string) {
         // see https://github.com/coreyti/showdown/blob/master/src/showdown.js
         return string.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n').replace(/\r/g, '\n')
-            .replace(/\n\n/g, '<br><br>')
             .replace(
                 /(\*\*|__)(?=\S)([^\r]*?\S[*_]*)\1/g,
                 '<strong>$2</strong>'
@@ -431,7 +434,8 @@
                 function(match, mail) {
                     return Ox.encodeEmailAddress(mail);
                 }
-            );
+            )
+            .replace(/\n\n/g, '<br><br>');
     };
 
     /*@