diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 6ceee2b03..6b737e02f 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ const nonbreakingSpaces = {
 		}
 	},
 	renderer(token) {
-		return ` `.repeat(token.length).concat('\n');
+		return ` `.repeat(token.length).concat('');
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/markdown/horizontalSpaces.test.js b/tests/markdown/horizontalSpaces.test.js
index 6789b934c..1ef8ea043 100644
--- a/tests/markdown/horizontalSpaces.test.js
+++ b/tests/markdown/horizontalSpaces.test.js
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ describe('Hard Breaks', ()=>{
 		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe(`<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n</p>`);
 	});
 
+	test('Pair of inline Breaks', function() {
+		const source = ':>>:>>';
+		const rendered = Markdown.render(source).trim();
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe(`<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;\n</p>`);
+	});
+
 	test('Break directly between two paragraphs', function() {
 		const source = 'Line 1\n:>>\nLine 2';
 		const rendered = Markdown.render(source).trim();