diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults.js
index 226635d..e5a7e8e 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults.js
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   html: false,
   xhtml: false,
-  breaks: true,
+  breaks: false,
   langprefix: 'language-'
 };