diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 05be0b5dfc..2b40cfaf41 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var block = {
   def: /^ {0,3}\[(label)\]: *\n? *<?([^\s>]+)>?(?:(?: +\n? *| *\n *)(title))? *(?:\n+|$)/,
   table: noop,
   lheading: /^([^\n]+)\n *(=|-){2,} *(?:\n+|$)/,
-  paragraph: /^([^\n]+(?:\n(?!hr|heading|lheading| {0,3}>|<\/?(?:tag)(?: +|\\n|\/?>)|<(?:script|pre|style|!--))[^\n]+)+)/,
+  paragraph: /^([^\n]+(?:\n?(?!hr|heading|lheading| {0,3}>|<\/?(?:tag)(?: +|\\n|\/?>)|<(?:script|pre|style|!--))[^\n]+)+)/,
   text: /^[^\n]+/
 };
 
diff --git a/test/unit/marked-spec.js b/test/unit/marked-spec.js
index 0bb5b39f6d..97789afe09 100644
--- a/test/unit/marked-spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/marked-spec.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 var marked = require('../../lib/marked.js');
 
-it('should run the test', function () {
-  spyOn(marked, 'parse').and.callThrough();
-  marked.parse('Hello World!');
-  expect(marked.parse).toHaveBeenCalled();
-});
-
 describe('Test heading ID functionality', function() {
   it('should add id attribute by default', function() {
     var renderer = new marked.Renderer(marked.defaults);
@@ -19,3 +13,15 @@ describe('Test heading ID functionality', function() {
     expect(header).toBe('<h1>test</h1>\n');
   });
 });
+
+describe('Test paragraph token type', function () {
+  it('should use the "paragraph" type on top level', function () {
+    const md = 'A Paragraph.\n\n> A blockquote\n\n- list item\n';
+
+    const tokens = marked.lexer(md);
+
+    expect(tokens[0].type).toBe('paragraph');
+    expect(tokens[3].type).toBe('paragraph');
+    expect(tokens[7].type).toBe('text');
+  });
+});