diff --git a/src/Parser.php b/src/Parser.php
index 280ca37..b929af9 100644
--- a/src/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Parser.php
@@ -348,6 +348,18 @@ class Parser {
 				}
 
 				array_push($elms, $obj);
+			} elseif ($this->current()->type === TokenType::SPACE) { // do linebreak when two spaces are at the EOL
+				if ($this->last()->type === TokenType::SPACE && $this->next()->type === TokenType::EOL) {
+				 	$this->consume();
+					$clearBuffer();
+					$elm = $this->document->createElement("br");
+					array_push($elms, $elm);
+					continue;
+				} else {
+					$this->consume();
+					$buffer .= " ";
+				}
+
 			} else
 				$buffer .= self::StripBackslashes($this->consume()->data);
 		}
@@ -672,10 +684,8 @@ class Parser {
 					$this->parseReference();
 					break;
 				case TokenType::PIPE:
-					if ($this->next()->type === TokenType::COLON || $this->next()->type === TokenType::MINUS) {
-						$this->parseTable();
-						break;
-					}
+					$this->parseTable();
+					break;
 				case TokenType::GT:
 					$this->parseBlockQuote();
 					break;