diff --git a/src/MarkdownParser.cxx b/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
index 22b8889..ea633a2 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
+++ b/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ std::string make_html(std::filesystem::path const &path) {
 				// first (buflen) bytes of the next new line.
 				newline = true;
 				manualBreak = true;
+				append(' ');
 
 				// If we were in the middle of inserting a header tag, close it here.
 				if (tag_h > 0) {