diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/Blocks/Text.php b/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/Blocks/Text.php
index 9907bcd46d..6566dd5bbe 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/Blocks/Text.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/Blocks/Text.php
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ class Text {
         continue;
       }
       $style = $paragraph->style;
+      if (!preg_match('/text-align/i', $style)) {
+        $style = 'text-align: left;' . $style;
+      }
       $contents = $paragraph->html();
       $paragraph->setTag('table');
       $paragraph->style = 'border-spacing:0;mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;';
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ class Text {
         <tr>
           <td class="mailpoet_paragraph" style="line-height:' . StylesHelper::$line_height . ';word-break:break-word;word-wrap:break-word;' . $style . '">
             ' . $contents . '
-            <br />
+            <br /><br />
           </td>
          </tr>'
       );
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/StylesHelper.php b/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/StylesHelper.php
index 6021b296ac..e0278ab3f6 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/StylesHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Renderer/StylesHelper.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class StylesHelper {
     $text_alignment = isset($block['styles']['block']['textAlign']) ?
       strtolower($block['styles']['block']['textAlign']) :
       false;
-    if(!$text_alignment || !in_array($text_alignment, $alignments)) {
+    if(in_array($text_alignment, $alignments)) {
       return $block;
     }
     $block['styles']['block']['textAlign'] = 'left';