diff --git a/lib/diaspora/markdownify.rb b/lib/diaspora/markdownify.rb
index 0349db4ed..37ed03c14 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/markdownify.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/markdownify.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ module Diaspora
       def autolink(link, type)
         auto_link(link, :link => :urls, :html => { :target => "_blank" })
       end
+
+      def paragraph(text)
+         "<p>#{text} </p>".html_safe
+      end
     end
   end
 end