diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfb55f3..dc7ef37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ Usage
 
 ```javascript
 var Remarkable = require('remarkable')();
-var md = new Remarkable(/* options */);
+var md = new Remarkable({
+  html: false,
+  xhtml: false,
+  breaks: true,
+  langprefix: 'language-'
+});
 
 console.log(md.parse('# Remarkable rulezz!'));
 //=> <h1># Remarkable rulezz!</h1>
@@ -47,13 +52,10 @@ var Remarkable = require('remarkable');
 var md = new Remarkable();
 
 md.set({
-  gfm: true,
-  tables: true,
-  breaks: false,
-  pedantic: false,
-  sanitize: true,
-  smartLists: true,
-  smartypants: false
+  html: false,
+  xhtml: false,
+  breaks: true,
+  langprefix: 'language-'
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults.js
index ac6c61a..226635d 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults.js
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 
 module.exports = {
-  blocksep: '\n',
-  innersep: '\n',
-  softbreak: '\n',
   html: false,
   xhtml: false,
+  breaks: true,
   langprefix: 'language-'
 };
diff --git a/lib/lexer_inline/newline.js b/lib/lexer_inline/newline.js
index 57d1639..c20b571 100644
--- a/lib/lexer_inline/newline.js
+++ b/lib/lexer_inline/newline.js
@@ -9,30 +9,31 @@ module.exports = function escape(state) {
   max = state.posMax;
 
   // '  \n' -> hardbreak
-  if (pmax >= 1 &&
-      state.pending.charCodeAt(pmax) === 0x20 &&
-      state.pending.charCodeAt(pmax - 1) === 0x20) {
-    state.pending = state.pending.replace(/ +$/, '');
+  // Lookup in pending chars is bad practice! Don't copy to other rules!
+  // Pending string is stored in concat mode, indexed lookups will cause
+  // convertion to flat mode.
+  if (pmax >= 0 && state.pending.charCodeAt(pmax) === 0x20) {
+    if (pmax >= 1 && state.pending.charCodeAt(pmax - 1) === 0x20) {
+      state.pending = state.pending.replace(/ +$/, '');
+      state.push({
+        type: 'hardbreak'
+      });
+    } else {
+      state.pending = state.pending.slice(0, -1);
+      state.push({
+        type: 'softbreak'
+      });
+    }
+
+  } else {
     state.push({
-      type: 'hardbreak'
+      type: 'softbreak'
     });
-
-    pos++;
-    // skip spaces
-    while (pos < max && state.src.charCodeAt(pos) === 0x20) { pos++; }
-
-    state.pos = pos;
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  if (pmax > 0 && state.pending.charCodeAt(pmax) === 0x20) {
-    state.pending = state.pending.replace(/ +$/, '');
   }
 
-  state.pending += '\n';
-
   pos++;
-  // skip spaces
+
+  // skip heading spaces for next line
   while (pos < max && state.src.charCodeAt(pos) === 0x20) { pos++; }
 
   state.pos = pos;
diff --git a/lib/renderer.js b/lib/renderer.js
index cf6c85b..904097a 100644
--- a/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/renderer.js
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ rules.em_close = function(/*tokens, idx, options*/) {
 
 
 rules.hardbreak = function (tokens, idx, options) {
-  return (options.xhtml ? '<br />' : '<br>') + '\n';
+  return options.xhtml ? '<br />\n' : '<br>\n';
+};
+rules.softbreak = function (tokens, idx, options) {
+  return options.breaks ? (options.xhtml ? '<br />\n' : '<br>\n') : '\n';
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/remarkable.js b/test/remarkable.js
index 643df9e..3f562ad 100644
--- a/test/remarkable.js
+++ b/test/remarkable.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var Remarked = require('../');
 
 describe('Default', function () {
   var md = new Remarked({
+    breaks: false,
     langprefix: ''
   });
 
diff --git a/test/remarked.js b/test/remarked.js
index 5f87648..d62f812 100644
--- a/test/remarked.js
+++ b/test/remarked.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe('remarked', function () {
 
   // Set options, to give output more close to remarked
   md.set({
+    breaks: false,
     langprefix: 'lang-'
   });
 
diff --git a/test/stmd.js b/test/stmd.js
index 4528fb6..c4c759d 100644
--- a/test/stmd.js
+++ b/test/stmd.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe('stmd', function () {
   var md = new Remarked({
     html: true,
     xhtml: true,
+    breaks: false,
     langprefix: 'language-'
   });