diff --git a/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java b/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
index 74628ff53..2c5e436f2 100644
--- a/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
+++ b/fine-itext/src/main/java/com/fr/third/v2/lowagie/text/html/simpleparser/HTMLWorker.java
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ public class HTMLWorker implements SimpleXMLDocHandler, DocListener {
 			}
 			if (tag.equals(HtmlTags.NEWLINE)) {
 				if (currentParagraph == null) {
-					currentParagraph = new Paragraph();
+					currentParagraph = FactoryProperties
+							.createParagraph(cprops);
 				}
 				currentParagraph.add(factoryProperties
 						.createChunk("\n", cprops));
@@ -553,8 +554,7 @@ public class HTMLWorker implements SimpleXMLDocHandler, DocListener {
 			}
 			if (tag.equals("a")) {
 				if (currentParagraph == null) {
-					currentParagraph = FactoryProperties
-							.createParagraph(cprops);
+					currentParagraph = new Paragraph();
 				}
 				boolean skip = false;
 				if (interfaceProps != null) {