diff --git a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
index f52b0370..c0d20c5e 100644
--- a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
+++ b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
@@ -181,9 +181,12 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
 
         if (children !== undefined) {
           return [
-            opener,
-            [mentionsLinePadding].concat(children.map(processItem)),
-            closer
+            '',
+            [
+              mentionsLinePadding,
+              [opener, children.map(processItem), closer]
+            ],
+            ''
           ]
         } else {
           return ['', [mentionsLinePadding, item], '']