diff --git a/app/components/Markdown/Renderer.vue b/app/components/Markdown/Renderer.vue
index 85f9843..039bb33 100644
--- a/app/components/Markdown/Renderer.vue
+++ b/app/components/Markdown/Renderer.vue
@@ -10,8 +10,58 @@ const props = defineProps<{
 
 const { $remark } = useNuxtApp();
 
+// this function effectively removes lazy concetenation from the markdown
+// normally in markdown, if you have two lines that are separated by only
+// one new line. E.g.:
+//
+// This is some markdown text but I split
+// it into two lines so it's easier to read in the editor
+//
+// they are *usually* concatenated into one line, however,
+// since we are a web editor, with line wrapping, that behavior
+// in undesirable, so pre preserve newlines by just maiking
+// every new line two newlines (as long as we arent in a codeblock)
+function preprocessMarkdown(doc: string) {
+    const lines = doc.split('\n');
+    let inCode = false;
+    let result: string[] = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        const fullLine = lines[i]!;
+
+        const match = fullLine.match(/^( {0,3})(.*)/);
+        const content = match?.[2] || '';
+
+        if (content.startsWith('```')) {
+            if (!inCode) {
+                inCode = true;
+            } else {
+                inCode = false;
+            }
+            result.push(fullLine);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (inCode) {
+            result.push(fullLine);
+        } else {
+            if (content.trim().length === 0) {
+                result.push('');
+            } else {
+                if (result.length > 0 && result[result.length - 1] !== '') {
+                    result.push('');
+                }
+                result.push(fullLine);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result.join('\n');
+}
+
+
 const ast = computed(() => {
-    const mdast = $remark.parse(props.content);
+    const mdast = $remark.parse(preprocessMarkdown(props.content));
     return $remark.runSync(mdast);
 });
 
diff --git a/app/plugins/remark.ts b/app/plugins/remark.ts
index acacb17..61404bb 100644
--- a/app/plugins/remark.ts
+++ b/app/plugins/remark.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { unified } from 'unified';
 import remarkParse from 'remark-parse';
-import remarkBreaks from 'remark-breaks';
 import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
 import remarkRehype from 'remark-rehype';
 import remarkMath from 'remark-math';
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
     const remark =
         unified()
             .use(remarkParse)
-            .use(remarkBreaks)
             .use(remarkGfm)
             .use(remarkMath)
             .use(remarkRehype, { allowDangerousHtml: true })