diff --git a/ground/classes/Markdown.php b/ground/classes/Markdown.php
index c3d3eca..8e02d84 100644
--- a/ground/classes/Markdown.php
+++ b/ground/classes/Markdown.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Markdown
 		$string = preg_replace($pr, $rep, $string);
 
 		// \n & \r
-		$string = str_replace(array("\n","\r",' -- '), array(' ', ' ',' – '), $string);
+		$string = str_replace(array("\n","\r",' -- '), array(' ', ' ',' – '), $string);
 
 		// multi-space
 		$pr = '(\s{2,})';
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Markdown
 		$rep = '<a href="$0" title="$0" target="_blank">$1</a>';
 		$string = preg_replace($pr, $rep, $string);
 
-		return $string;
+		return trim($string);
 	}
 
 }