diff --git a/src/extensions/Statiq.Markdown/EscapeAt/EscapeAtExtension.cs b/src/extensions/Statiq.Markdown/EscapeAt/EscapeAtExtension.cs
index 81344a266..1533b01dd 100644
--- a/src/extensions/Statiq.Markdown/EscapeAt/EscapeAtExtension.cs
+++ b/src/extensions/Statiq.Markdown/EscapeAt/EscapeAtExtension.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ public void Setup(MarkdownPipeline pipeline, IMarkdownRenderer renderer)
         {
             renderer.ObjectRenderers.AddIfNotAlready(new EscapeAtInlineRenderer());
             HtmlRenderer htmlRenderer = (HtmlRenderer)renderer;
+
+             // Setting the Writer for the HTML renderer will reset the new line character to the Markdig default "\n"
+            // If we've modified the intended newline character (e.g., via the Markdig ConfigureNewLineExtension),
+            // we'll need to preserve that setting.
+            string newLine = htmlRenderer.Writer.NewLine;
+
             htmlRenderer.Writer = new EscapeAtWriter(htmlRenderer.Writer);
+            htmlRenderer.Writer.NewLine = newLine;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/extensions/Statiq.Markdown.Tests/RenderMarkdownFixture.cs b/tests/extensions/Statiq.Markdown.Tests/RenderMarkdownFixture.cs
index 97da5f75a..1b7748fab 100644
--- a/tests/extensions/Statiq.Markdown.Tests/RenderMarkdownFixture.cs
+++ b/tests/extensions/Statiq.Markdown.Tests/RenderMarkdownFixture.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Markdig.Extensions.TextRenderer;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Shouldly;
 using Statiq.Common;
@@ -474,6 +475,30 @@ public async Task ShouldNotEscapeAtInMailToLink()
                 result.Content.ShouldBe(output, StringCompareShould.IgnoreLineEndings);
             }
 
+            [Test]
+            public async Task EscapeAtShouldPreserveNewLineConfiguration()
+            {
+                // Given
+                const string input = @"paragraph 1
+
+paragraph 2
+";
+
+                TestDocument document = new TestDocument(input);
+                RenderMarkdown markdown = new RenderMarkdown();
+
+                // Configure a "newline" that no one actually uses so it's easy to verify
+                markdown.UseExtension(new ConfigureNewLineExtension("[newline]"));
+
+                const string expected = @"<p>paragraph 1</p>[newline]<p>paragraph 2</p>[newline]";
+
+                // When
+                TestDocument result = await ExecuteAsync(document, markdown).SingleAsync();
+
+                // Then
+                result.Content.ShouldBe(expected, StringCompareShould.IgnoreLineEndings);
+            }
+
             [Test]
             public async Task ShouldPassThroughSlash()
             {