diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6f0344f..3ad010d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.7.0
 	github.com/logrusorgru/aurora v0.0.0-20191017060258-dc85c304c434
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10
+	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4dd0521..20fd3d9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaO
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10 h1:qxFzApOv4WsAL965uUPIsXzAKCZxN2p9UqdhFS4ZW10=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10/go.mod h1:qgIWMr58cqv1PHHyhnkY9lrL7etaEgOFcMEpPG5Rm84=
+github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2 h1:5lPfLTTAvAbtS0VqT+94yOtFnGfUWYyx0+iToC3Os3s=
+github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.2/go.mod h1:iVP4YcDBq+n/5fb23BhYFvIMq/leAFZyRl6bYmGDlGc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0 h1:6GlHJ/LTGMrIJbwgdqdl2eEH8o+Exx/0m8ir9Gns0u4=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZXFpozHsX6DPmq2I0TCekCxypsnAUbP2oI0UX1GXzOo=
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyC
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181203042331-505ab145d0a9/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181220203305-927f97764cc3 h1:eH6Eip3UpmR+yM/qI9Ijluzb1bNv/cAU/n+6l8tRSis=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181220203305-927f97764cc3/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181128092732-4ed8d59d0b35/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181205085412-a5c9d58dba9a h1:1n5lsVfiQW3yfsRGu98756EH1YthsFqr/5mxHduZW2A=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181205085412-a5c9d58dba9a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
diff --git a/gold.go b/gold.go
index 61a5384..ab2f7f2 100644
--- a/gold.go
+++ b/gold.go
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/quick"
 	"github.com/logrusorgru/aurora"
+	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 	bf "gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v2"
 )
 
+var (
+	stripper = bluemonday.StrictPolicy()
+)
+
 type Fragment struct {
 	Token string
 	Pre   string
@@ -247,10 +252,10 @@ func NewElement(node *bf.Node) Element {
 		}
 	case bf.HTMLBlock:
 		return Element{
-			Pre:  "\n",
-			Post: "\n",
+			Pre:  "",
+			Post: "",
 			Fragments: []Fragment{{
-				Token: string(node.Literal),
+				Token: strings.TrimSpace(stripper.Sanitize(string(node.Literal))) + "\n",
 				Style: HTMLBlock,
 			}},
 		}