diff --git a/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.cpp b/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.cpp
index 73a3988..1e19c39 100644
--- a/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.cpp
+++ b/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ void ParsedText::layoutAndExtractLines(const GfxRenderer& renderer, const int fo
     }
 
     // Calculate spacing
-    const int spareSpace = pageWidth - lineWordWidthSum;
+    int spareSpace = pageWidth - lineWordWidthSum;
+    if (!extraParagraphSpacing && wordWidthIndex ==0) {
+        spareSpace -= 3*spaceWidth;
+    }
     int spacing = spaceWidth;
     const bool isLastLine = lineBreak == totalWordCount;
 
@@ -132,6 +135,9 @@ void ParsedText::layoutAndExtractLines(const GfxRenderer& renderer, const int fo
 
     // Calculate initial x position
     uint16_t xpos = 0;
+    if (!extraParagraphSpacing && wordWidthIndex ==0) {
+        xpos = 3*spaceWidth;
+    }
     if (style == TextBlock::RIGHT_ALIGN) {
       xpos = spareSpace - (lineWordCount - 1) * spaceWidth;
     } else if (style == TextBlock::CENTER_ALIGN) {
diff --git a/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.h b/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.h
index 188cb12..cfeb1f4 100644
--- a/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.h
+++ b/lib/Epub/Epub/ParsedText.h
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ class ParsedText {
   std::list<std::string> words;
   std::list<EpdFontStyle> wordStyles;
   TextBlock::BLOCK_STYLE style;
+  bool extraParagraphSpacing;
 
  public:
-  explicit ParsedText(const TextBlock::BLOCK_STYLE style) : style(style) {}
+  explicit ParsedText(const TextBlock::BLOCK_STYLE style, const bool extraParagraphSpacing)
+    : style(style), extraParagraphSpacing(extraParagraphSpacing) {}
   ~ParsedText() = default;
 
   void addWord(std::string word, EpdFontStyle fontStyle);
diff --git a/lib/Epub/Epub/parsers/ChapterHtmlSlimParser.cpp b/lib/Epub/Epub/parsers/ChapterHtmlSlimParser.cpp
index 3c1f5ca..9c2e9e9 100644
--- a/lib/Epub/Epub/parsers/ChapterHtmlSlimParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/Epub/Epub/parsers/ChapterHtmlSlimParser.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void ChapterHtmlSlimParser::startNewTextBlock(const TextBlock::BLOCK_STYLE style
 
     makePages();
   }
-  currentTextBlock.reset(new ParsedText(style));
+  currentTextBlock.reset(new ParsedText(style, extraParagraphSpacing));
 }
 
 void XMLCALL ChapterHtmlSlimParser::startElement(void* userData, const XML_Char* name, const XML_Char** atts) {