diff --git a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
index a82ea8b34..48e95e8c4 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ const BrewRenderer = (props)=>{
 				pageText = pageText.includes('\n') ? pageText.substring(pageText.indexOf('\n') + 1) : ''; // Remove the \page line
 			}
 
-			pageText += `\n\n \n\\column\n `; //Artificial column break at page end to emulate column-fill:auto (until `wide` is used, when column-fill:balance will reappear)
-			const html = Markdown.render(pageText, index);
+			let html = Markdown.render(pageText, index);
+			if(html.indexOf(`\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`) == -1) html += `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`;
 
 			return <BrewPage className={classes} index={index} key={index} contents={html} style={styles} attributes={attributes} onVisibilityChange={handlePageVisibilityChange} />;
 		}
diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 3d259443f..878519a4a 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -895,18 +895,6 @@ const globalVarsList    = {};
 let varsQueue       = [];
 let globalPageNumber = 0;
 
-const closePre = (text)=>{
-	const cols = text.split(/^\\column$/gm);
-	if((cols[0].match(/```/g)||[]).length % 2 != 0) {
-		// Catch inserted column pattern
-		if(cols[0].endsWith('\n\n&nbsp;\n')) {
-			cols[0] = cols[0].slice(0, cols[0].length-'\n\n&nbsp;\n'.length);
-			cols[0] += '\n```\n\n&nbsp;\n';
-		} else cols[0] += '\n```\n';
-	}
-	return cols.join(`\n\\column\n`);
-};
-
 const Markdown = {
 	marked : Marked,
 	render : (rawBrewText, pageNumber=0)=>{
@@ -917,7 +905,7 @@ const Markdown = {
 			MarkedGFMResetHeadingIDs();
 		}
 
-		rawBrewText = closePre(rawBrewText).replace(/^\\column$/gm, `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`);
+		rawBrewText = rawBrewText.replace(/^\\column$/gm, `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`);
 
 		const opts = Marked.defaults;