diff --git a/MarkdownLivePreview.py b/MarkdownLivePreview.py
index f1f3064..980a064 100644
--- a/MarkdownLivePreview.py
+++ b/MarkdownLivePreview.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class MarkdownLivePreviewListener(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
             resources
         )
 
-        print(html)
+        # print(html)
 
         self.phantom_sets[markdown_view.id()].update([
             sublime.Phantom(sublime.Region(0), html, sublime.LAYOUT_BLOCK,
diff --git a/live-testing/test.md b/live-testing/test.md
index cc7fdde..d829260 100644
--- a/live-testing/test.md
+++ b/live-testing/test.md
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 This is a *test*. Some inline `[2]code()`.
 
+what the hell...
+
 ```python
 import this
 # you should try this
 ```
 
-<!-- some comment -->
-
 this flickering is really annoying...
 
+this
 
 It looks like it's gone... Oh wait nah, it's still here...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/markdown2html.py b/markdown2html.py
index 04430ca..9b33dfb 100644
--- a/markdown2html.py
+++ b/markdown2html.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import copy
 import os.path
 import concurrent.futures
 import urllib.request
@@ -65,7 +66,15 @@ def markdown2html(markdown, basepath, re_render, resources):
 
     # FIXME: pre aren't handled by ST3. The require manual adjustment
 
-    # FIXME: include a stylesheet
+    br = soup.new_tag('br')
+    for pre_element in soup.find_all('pre'):
+        # select the first child, <code>
+        code_element = next(pre_element.children)
+        # FIXME: this line sucks, but can we do better?
+        code_element.replace_with(
+            bs4.BeautifulSoup(str(code_element).replace('\n', '<br>'), "html.parser"))
+
+    # FIXME: highlight the code using Sublime's syntax
 
     return "<style>\n{}\n</style>\n\n{}".format(resources['stylesheet'], soup)