diff --git a/src/MarkdownParser.cxx b/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
index 1059e7f..3652078 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
+++ b/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ std::string make_html(std::filesystem::path const &path) {
 	// Tag flags
 	bool tag_b = false,
 	     tag_i = false,
+	     tag_p = false,
 	     // If there is an escape character at the end of the buffer, use
 	     // this flag to prevent ignoring it.
 	     escaping = false,
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ std::string make_html(std::filesystem::path const &path) {
 	int tag_h = 0;
 	while (fgets(buf, buflen, mdFile) != NULL) {
 		manualBreak = false;
+
+		if (tag_p && buf[0] == '\n') {
+			// Empty newline; end paragraph.
+			html += "</p>\n";
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		// Read character by character
 		for (int x = 0; x < buflen; x++) {
 			char c = buf[x];
@@ -72,6 +80,13 @@ std::string make_html(std::filesystem::path const &path) {
 				html += '\n';
 				break;
 			}
+			// Start paragraph if newline and no
+			// special characters were matched.
+
+			if (newline && x == 0 && c != '#')
+				html += "<p>",
+				     tag_p = true;
+
 			switch (c) {
 				case '*':
 					// Bold check