diff --git a/source/documents/scripts/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee b/source/documents/scripts/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee
index 9ff29af..f0b4de5 100644
--- a/source/documents/scripts/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee
+++ b/source/documents/scripts/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ angular.module("sideBySide").factory("markdownReader", () ->
 		readContent = (lexed, separators) ->
 			content = []
 
-			# if first block is separator, add dummy foreword
-			if lexed[0]["type"] in separators
-				lexed.unshift({type: "paragraph", text: ""})
-
 			while lexed.length > 0
 				heading = if lexed[0]["type"] in separators \
 					then lexed.shift().text or "" \
diff --git a/source/documents/tests/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee b/source/documents/tests/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee
index 58df561..657ec26 100644
--- a/source/documents/tests/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee
+++ b/source/documents/tests/services/reader/markdown.js.coffee
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ test("markdownReader", () ->
 				Source: '<a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights</a>'
 			}
 			content: [
-				{ section: "", text: "<p></p>\n" }
 				{ section: "1", text: "<p>All human beings are born <em>free</em> and equal in dignity and rights...</p>\n" }
 				{ section: "2", text: """
 					<p>Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms...</p>
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ test("markdownReader", () ->
 				Separator: "heading"
 			}
 			content: [
-				{ section: "", text: "<p></p>\n" }
 				{ section: "I", text: """
 					<p>First section.</p>
 					<hr>