diff --git a/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart b/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart
index 6a9be7755..4e892cbe0 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ActivityPlanModel {
   /// use step emoji for instructions
   String get markdown {
     String markdown =
-        ''' **$title** \n🎯 $learningObjective \n🪜 $instructions \n📖 ''';
+        ''' **$title** \n🎯 $learningObjective \n🪜 $instructions \n\n📖 ''';
     // cycle through vocab with index
     for (var i = 0; i < vocab.length; i++) {
       // if the lemma appears more than once in the vocab list, show the pos