diff --git a/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb b/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
index fcbc849d0..cf012b581 100644
--- a/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
     }
 
     render_options[:filter_html] = true
+    render_options[:hard_wrap] ||= true
 
 
     # This ugly little hack basically means