diff --git a/document_root/javascript/mce.js b/document_root/javascript/mce.js
index d0663110bfc11fb01fb9b6aa9092dbadef5f7cca..d89750990a6165df560fdc9d241eb19516af6be7 100644
--- a/document_root/javascript/mce.js
+++ b/document_root/javascript/mce.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ tinyMCE.init({
     theme   : "advanced",
     plugins : "spellchecker",//, crosslistings, noneditable",
     editor_selector : "mceEditor",
+    entity_encoding : "raw",
     theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
     theme_advanced_toolbar_align    : "left",
     theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold, italic, underline, sub, sup, spellchecker", //, crosslistings",
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ tinyMCE.init({
                    + "-strong/-b,"
                    + "-em/-i,"
                    + "-sub,"
-                   + "-sup"
+                   + "-sup,"
+                   + "br"
 });
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