diff --git a/src/helpers/Markdown.php b/src/helpers/Markdown.php
index 805eca0..e30a269 100755
--- a/src/helpers/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/helpers/Markdown.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Markdown extends \Parsedown {
     private function purifyHtml($html) {
         $config = \HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
         $config->set('HTML.Doctype', 'XHTML 1.0 Transitional');
-        $config->set('HTML.Allowed', 'p,strong,em,b,a[href],i,span,ul,ol,li,cite,code,pre');
+        $config->set('HTML.Allowed', 'p,strong,em,b,a[href],i,span,ul,ol,li,cite,code,pre,br,blockquote');
         $config->set('URI.AllowedSchemes', array('http' => true, 'https' => true, 'mailto' => true, 'ftp' => true));
         $config->set('HTML.TargetBlank', true);
 
diff --git a/src/scss/style.scss b/src/scss/style.scss
index 22b13dc..da66ece 100644
--- a/src/scss/style.scss
+++ b/src/scss/style.scss
@@ -14,11 +14,26 @@ $grid-gutter-width: 10px;
 					color: $gray-700;
 				}
 				text-decoration: none;
-				&:hover,&:focus,&:active {
+				&:hover, &:focus, &:active {
 					border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
 					background: $gray-200;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+h1 a {
+	color: $gray-700;
+	&:hover, &:focus, &:active {
+		color: $gray-900;
+
+	}
+}
+
+blockquote { // bootstrap 3 like styling
+	padding: 10px 20px;
+	margin: 0 0 20px;
+	font-size: 17.5px;
+	border-left: 5px solid #eee;
 }
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