diff --git a/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre.rb b/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre.rb
index 72efdff..ceb9049 100644
--- a/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre.rb
+++ b/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ def treat(node, state)
         case node.name
         when 'code'
           node.text
+        when 'text'
+          # Preserve '\n' in the middle of text/words, get rid of indentation spaces
+          ReverseMarkdown.cleaner.remove_leading_newlines(node.text.gsub("\n", '<br>').strip.gsub('<br>', "\n"))
         when 'br'
           "\n"
         else
diff --git a/spec/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre_spec.rb b/spec/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre_spec.rb
index 18f8a9f..02ac94c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/reverse_markdown/converters/pre_spec.rb
@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@
       expect(converter.convert(node)).to include "    puts foo\n"
     end
 
-    it 'preserves new lines' do
+    it 'preserves new lines as <br>' do
       node = node_for("<pre>one<br>two<br>three</pre>")
       expect(converter.convert(node)).to include "\n\n    one\n    two\n    three\n\n"
     end
+    
+    it 'preserves new lines as <br> and \n' do
+      node = node_for("<pre>one\ntwo\nthree<br>four</pre>")
+      expect(converter.convert(node)).to include "\n\n    one\n    two\n    three\n    four\n\n"
+    end
 
     it 'handles code tags correctly' do
       node = node_for("<pre><code>foobar</code></pre>")
@@ -41,6 +46,11 @@
       expect(converter.convert(node)).to include "```\nfoo\nbar\n```"
     end
 
+    it 'preserves new lines as <br> and \n' do
+      node = node_for("<pre>one\ntwo\nthree<br>four</pre>")
+      expect(converter.convert(node)).to include "```\none\ntwo\nthree\nfour\n```"
+    end
+
     it 'handles code tags correctly' do
       node = node_for("<pre><code>foobar</code></pre>")
       expect(converter.convert(node)).to include "```\nfoobar\n```"