diff --git a/CliClient/tests/html_to_md/table1.html b/CliClient/tests/html_to_md/table1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edeb12810c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CliClient/tests/html_to_md/table1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<table style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: black;width:2420px;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
+<tr>
+<td style="padding: 0em; vertical-align: top;width:100%;">
+<div style="font-size: 1em; padding: 0;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Consolas', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important;">$ sudo ethtool --set-priv-flags p2p1 mlx4_rss_xor_hash_function on</span></div>
+<div style="font-size: 1em; padding: 0;"><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"># Three empty lines follow</span></div>
+<div style="font-size: 1em; padding: 0;"><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br/></span></div>
+<div style="font-size: 1em; padding: 0;"><span style="font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br/></span></div>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+Some text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CliClient/tests/html_to_md/table1.md b/CliClient/tests/html_to_md/table1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84b87b4b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CliClient/tests/html_to_md/table1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+|     |
+| --- |
+| $ sudo ethtool --set-priv-flags p2p1 mlx4_rss_xor_hash_function on<br># Three empty lines follow<br> |
+
+Some text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/import-enex-md-gen.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/import-enex-md-gen.js
index a21c6ccc7d..3a0bdc3f30 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/import-enex-md-gen.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/import-enex-md-gen.js
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function processMdArrayNewLines(md, isTable = false) {
 // on various rules.
 
 	const isHeading = function(line) {
-		return !!line.match(/#+\s/);
+		return !!line.match(/^#+\s/);
 	}
 
 	const isListItem = function(line) {
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ function processMdArrayNewLines(md, isTable = false) {
 	}
 
 	const isTableLine = function(line) {
-		return line.indexOf('|') === 0;
+		return line.indexOf('| ') === 0;
 	}
 
 	const isPlainParagraph = function(line) {
@@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ function formatMdLayout(lines) {
 
 		} else if (!isCodeLine(line) && isCodeLine(previous)) {
 			newLines.push('');
+
+		} else if (isTableLine(line) && !isTableLine(previous)) {
+			newLines.push('');
+
+		} else if (!isTableLine(line) && isTableLine(previous)) {
+			newLines.push('');
 		
 		// Add a new line at beginning of paragraph
 		} else if (isPlainParagraph(line) && previous) {