diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index b5a0382..0a1bee5 100644
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ class Parsedown
             {
                 if (isset($CurrentBlock))
                 {
-                    $CurrentBlock['interrupted'] = true;
+                    $CurrentBlock['interrupted'] = (isset($CurrentBlock['interrupted'])
+                        ? $CurrentBlock['interrupted'] + 1 : 1
+                    );
                 }
 
                 continue;
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ class Parsedown
         {
             if (isset($Block['interrupted']))
             {
-                $Block['element']['element']['text'] .= "\n";
+                $Block['element']['element']['text'] .= str_repeat("\n", $Block['interrupted']);
 
                 unset($Block['interrupted']);
             }
@@ -500,7 +502,7 @@ class Parsedown
 
         if (isset($Block['interrupted']))
         {
-            $Block['element']['element']['text'] .= "\n";
+            $Block['element']['element']['text'] .= str_repeat("\n", $Block['interrupted']);
 
             unset($Block['interrupted']);
         }
diff --git a/test/data/code_block.html b/test/data/code_block.html
index 889b02d..a186e9a 100644
--- a/test/data/code_block.html
+++ b/test/data/code_block.html
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ echo $message;</code></pre>
 <hr />
 <pre><code>&gt; not a quote
 - not a list item
-[not a reference]: http://foo.com</code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
+[not a reference]: http://foo.com</code></pre>
+<hr />
+<pre><code>foo
+
+
+bar</code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/code_block.md b/test/data/code_block.md
index 2cfc953..badf873 100644
--- a/test/data/code_block.md
+++ b/test/data/code_block.md
@@ -7,4 +7,11 @@
 
     > not a quote
     - not a list item
-    [not a reference]: http://foo.com
\ No newline at end of file
+    [not a reference]: http://foo.com
+
+---
+
+    foo
+
+
+    bar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/fenced_code_block.html b/test/data/fenced_code_block.html
index 78480fd..50d39df 100644
--- a/test/data/fenced_code_block.html
+++ b/test/data/fenced_code_block.html
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ echo "Hello World";
 &lt;a href="http://auraphp.com" &gt;Aura Project&lt;/a&gt;</code></pre>
 <pre><code>the following isn't quite enough to close
 ```
-still a fenced code block</code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
+still a fenced code block</code></pre>
+<pre><code>foo
+
+
+bar</code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/fenced_code_block.md b/test/data/fenced_code_block.md
index 35acb75..3e4155a 100644
--- a/test/data/fenced_code_block.md
+++ b/test/data/fenced_code_block.md
@@ -28,4 +28,11 @@ echo "Hello World";
 the following isn't quite enough to close
 ```
 still a fenced code block
-````
\ No newline at end of file
+````
+
+```
+foo
+
+
+bar
+```
\ No newline at end of file