diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 2cc5e3ad0..71c267108 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -395,7 +395,9 @@ const definitionListsSingleLine = {
 				.map((emoji)=>firstLine = firstLine.replace(emoji.raw, 'x'.repeat(emoji.raw.length)));
 
 			const newMatch = /^([^\n]*?)::([^\n]*)(?:\n|$)/ym.exec(firstLine);
-			if(newMatch) {
+			if((newMatch) && ((newMatch[2].length > 0) && newMatch[2][0] != ':')) {
+				// Test the length to handle two : paragraph breaks exception
+				// Test the first position on the dictionary term to handle three + paragraph breaks exception
 				definitions.push({
 					dt : this.lexer.inlineTokens(originalLine.slice(0, newMatch[1].length).trim()),
 					dd : this.lexer.inlineTokens(originalLine.slice(newMatch[1].length + 2).trim())
@@ -856,8 +858,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		varsQueue              = [];						//Could move into MarkedVariables()
 		globalPageNumber        = pageNumber;
 
-		rawBrewText = rawBrewText.replace(/^\\column$/gm, `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`)
-												 		 .replace(/^(:+)$/gm, (match)=>`${`:\n\n`.repeat(match.length)}\n`);
+		rawBrewText = rawBrewText.replace(/^\\column$/gm, `\n<div class='columnSplit'></div>\n`);
 		const opts = Marked.defaults;
 
 		rawBrewText = opts.hooks.preprocess(rawBrewText);
diff --git a/tests/markdown/hardbreaks.test.js b/tests/markdown/hardbreaks.test.js
index b27c6859c..4728e7674 100644
--- a/tests/markdown/hardbreaks.test.js
+++ b/tests/markdown/hardbreaks.test.js
@@ -12,12 +12,19 @@ describe('Hard Breaks', ()=>{
 	test('Double Break', function() {
 		const source = '::\n\n';
 		const rendered = Markdown.render(source).trim();
-		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe('<div class=\'blank\'></div>\n<div class=\'blank\'></div>');
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe('<div class=\'blank\'></div><div class=\'blank\'></div>');
 	});
 
 	test('Triple Break', function() {
 		const source = ':::\n\n';
 		const rendered = Markdown.render(source).trim();
-		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe('<div class=\'blank\'></div>\n<div class=\'blank\'></div>\n<div class=\'blank\'></div>');
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe('<div class=\'blank\'></div><div class=\'blank\'></div><div class=\'blank\'></div>');
 	});
+
+	test('Ignored inside a code block', function() {
+		const source = '```\n\n:\n\n```\n';
+		const rendered = Markdown.render(source).trim();
+		expect(rendered, `Input:\n${source}`, { showPrefix: false }).toBe('<pre><code>\n:\n</code></pre>');
+	});
+
 });