diff --git a/web-app/src/components/Markdown/style.css b/web-app/src/components/Markdown/style.css
index b4ca72ca..29a81c0f 100644
--- a/web-app/src/components/Markdown/style.css
+++ b/web-app/src/components/Markdown/style.css
@@ -186,3 +186,7 @@ pre tt {
   background-color: transparent;
   border: none;
 }
+
+.coderoad-markdown > p {
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+}
diff --git a/web-app/stories/Step.stories.tsx b/web-app/stories/Step.stories.tsx
index 463bd290..b8b58a1c 100644
--- a/web-app/stories/Step.stories.tsx
+++ b/web-app/stories/Step.stories.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Step from '../src/containers/Tutorial/components/Step'
 import SideBarDecorator from './utils/SideBarDecorator'
 
 const stepText =
-  'This is a long paragraph of step text intended to wrap around the side after a short period of writing to demonstrate text wrap among other things'
+  'This is a long paragraph of step text intended to wrap around the side after a short period of writing to demonstrate text wrap among other things\n\nIt has a second paragraph'
 
 const paragraphText = `
   ### Code