diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b3dbc24..47f061a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ function initTurndownService() {
 		}
 	});
 
-	
 	return turndownService;
 }
 
@@ -220,9 +219,14 @@ function getPostDate(post) {
 function getPostContent(post, turndownService) {
 	let content = post.encoded[0].trim();
 
+	// insert an empty div element between double line breaks
+	// this nifty trick causes turndown to keep adjacent paragraphs separated
+	// without mucking up content inside of other elemnts (like <code> blocks)
+	content = content.replace(/(\r?\n){2}/g, '\n<div></div>\n');
+
 	if (argv.addcontentimages) {
-		// writeImageFile() will save all content images to a relative /images folder
-		// so update references in post content to match
+		// writeImageFile() will save all content images to a relative /images
+		// folder so update references in post content to match
 		content = content.replace(/(<img[^>]*src=").*?([^\/"]+\.(?:gif|jpg|png))("[^>]*>)/gi, '$1images/$2$3');
 	}
 
@@ -231,10 +235,13 @@ function getPostContent(post, turndownService) {
 	// (using turndown's blankRule() and keep() solution did not work for me)
 	content = content.replace(/(<\/iframe>)/gi, '.$1');
 
-	content = turndownService.turndown(content)
-		.replace(/-\s+/g, '- '); // clean up extra spaces
+	// use turndown to convert HTML to Markdown
+	content = turndownService.turndown(content);
 
-	// clean up the "." from the hack above
+	// clean up extra spaces in list items
+	content = content.replace(/- +/g, '- ');
+
+	// clean up the "." from the iframe hack above
 	content = content.replace(/\.(<\/iframe>)/gi, '$1');
 
 	return content;