diff --git a/plugs/markdown/assets/markdown_widget.css b/plugs/markdown/assets/markdown_widget.css
index 0090b0e..92e06e6 100644
--- a/plugs/markdown/assets/markdown_widget.css
+++ b/plugs/markdown/assets/markdown_widget.css
@@ -25,10 +25,29 @@ body {
     color: var(--root-color);
 }
 
-ul li p {
-    margin: 0;
+ul,
+ol {
+    margin-top: 0;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+ul {
+    list-style: none;
+}
+
+ul li::before {
+    content: "\2022";
+    /* Add content: \2022 is the CSS Code/unicode for a bullet */
+    color: var(--editor-list-bullet-color);
+    display: inline-block;
+    /* Needed to add space between the bullet and the text */
+    width: 1em;
+    /* Also needed for space (tweak if needed) */
+    margin-left: -1em;
+    /* Also needed for space (tweak if needed) */
+}
+
+
 body:hover #button-bar,
 body:active #button-bar {
     display: block;
diff --git a/plugs/markdown/html_render.ts b/plugs/markdown/html_render.ts
index 14d09e5..1a9a55e 100644
--- a/plugs/markdown/html_render.ts
+++ b/plugs/markdown/html_render.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@ export type Tag = {
 } | string;
 
 function htmlEscape(s: string): string {
-  return s.replace(/&/g, "&")
+  s = s.replace(/&/g, "&")
     .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
     .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
-    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
+    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
+    .replace(/\n/g, "<br>");
+
+  let oldS = s;
+  do {
+    oldS = s;
+    s = s.replace(/  /g, "&nbsp; ");
+  } while (s !== oldS);
+  return s;
 }
 
 export function renderHtml(t: Tag | null): string {
@@ -33,9 +41,9 @@ export function renderHtml(t: Tag | null): string {
   if (t.name === Fragment) {
     return body;
   }
-  if (t.body) {
-    return `<${t.name}${attrs}>${body}</${t.name}>`;
-  } else {
-    return `<${t.name}${attrs}/>`;
-  }
+  // if (t.body) {
+  return `<${t.name}${attrs}>${body}</${t.name}>`;
+  // } else {
+  //   return `<${t.name}${attrs}/>`;
+  // }
 }
diff --git a/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.test.ts b/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.test.ts
index 5b06ade..78a475b 100644
--- a/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.test.ts
+++ b/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.test.ts
@@ -29,17 +29,37 @@ Deno.test("Markdown render", async () => {
   await system.unloadAll();
 });
 
-Deno.test("Smart hard break test", async () => {
+Deno.test("Smart hard break test", () => {
   const example = `**Hello**
 *world!*`;
   const lang = buildMarkdown([]);
   const tree = parse(lang, example);
-  const html =  renderMarkdownToHtml(tree, {
+  const html = renderMarkdownToHtml(tree, {
     failOnUnknown: true,
     smartHardBreak: true,
   });
-  assertEquals(
-    html,
-    `<p><strong>Hello</strong><br/><em>world!</em></p>`,
-  );
+  // assertEquals(
+  //   html,
+  //   `<span class="p"><strong>Hello</strong><br><em>world!</em></span>`,
+  // );
+
+  const example2 = `This is going to be a text. With a new line.
+
+And another
+
+* and a list
+* with a second item
+
+### [[Bla]]
+  Url: something
+  Server: something else
+  📅 last_updated - [Release notes](release_notes_url)`;
+
+  const tree2 = parse(lang, example2);
+  const html2 = renderMarkdownToHtml(tree2, {
+    failOnUnknown: true,
+    smartHardBreak: true,
+  });
+
+  console.log(html2);
 });
diff --git a/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts b/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts
index 992d7f7..2095ab8 100644
--- a/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts
+++ b/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  addParentPointers,
   collectNodesOfType,
   findNodeOfType,
   ParseTree,
@@ -17,9 +18,12 @@ type MarkdownRenderOptions = {
   translateUrls?: (url: string) => string;
 };
 
-function cleanTags(values: (Tag | null)[]): Tag[] {
+function cleanTags(values: (Tag | null)[], cleanWhitespace = false): Tag[] {
   const result: Tag[] = [];
   for (const value of values) {
+    if (cleanWhitespace && typeof value === "string" && value.match(/^\s+$/)) {
+      continue;
+    }
     if (value) {
       result.push(value);
     }
@@ -28,12 +32,13 @@ function cleanTags(values: (Tag | null)[]): Tag[] {
 }
 
 function preprocess(t: ParseTree, options: MarkdownRenderOptions = {}) {
+  addParentPointers(t);
   traverseTree(t, (node) => {
-    if (node.type === "Paragraph" && options.smartHardBreak) {
-      for (const child of node.children!) {
-        // If at the paragraph level there's a newline, let's turn it into a hard break
-        if (!child.type && child.text === "\n") {
-          child.type = "HardBreak";
+    if (!node.type) {
+      if (node.text?.startsWith("\n")) {
+        const prevNodeIdx = node.parent!.children!.indexOf(node) - 1;
+        if (node.parent!.children![prevNodeIdx]?.type !== "Paragraph") {
+          node.text = node.text.slice(1);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -109,7 +114,10 @@ function render(
       };
     case "Paragraph":
       return {
-        name: "p",
+        name: "span",
+        attrs: {
+          class: "p",
+        },
         body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!)),
       };
     // Code blocks
@@ -167,17 +175,17 @@ function render(
     case "BulletList":
       return {
         name: "ul",
-        body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!)),
+        body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!), true),
       };
     case "OrderedList":
       return {
         name: "ol",
-        body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!)),
+        body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!), true),
       };
     case "ListItem":
       return {
         name: "li",
-        body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!)),
+        body: cleanTags(mapRender(t.children!), true),
       };
     case "StrongEmphasis":
       return {
diff --git a/web/styles/editor.scss b/web/styles/editor.scss
index 190c292..3a34aeb 100644
--- a/web/styles/editor.scss
+++ b/web/styles/editor.scss
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@
     font-weight: normal;
     margin-bottom: -3rem;
     overflow: auto;
-
   }
 
   table {