diff --git a/org/footnote.go b/org/footnote.go
index 5bea596..a4007b0 100644
--- a/org/footnote.go
+++ b/org/footnote.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type FootnoteDefinition struct {
 	Inline   bool
 }
 
-var footnoteDefinitionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^\[fn:([\w-]+)\]\s+(.+)`)
+var footnoteDefinitionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^\[fn:([\w-]+)\](\s+(.+)|$)`)
 
 func lexFootnoteDefinition(line string) (token, bool) {
 	if m := footnoteDefinitionRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ func lexFootnoteDefinition(line string) (token, bool) {
 }
 
 func (d *Document) parseFootnoteDefinition(i int, parentStop stopFn) (int, Node) {
-	name := d.tokens[i].content
+	start, name := i, d.tokens[i].content
 	d.tokens[i] = tokenize(d.tokens[i].matches[2])
 	stop := func(d *Document, i int) bool {
-		return parentStop(d, i) || isSecondBlankLine(d, i) ||
+		return parentStop(d, i) ||
+			(isSecondBlankLine(d, i) && i > start+1) ||
 			d.tokens[i].kind == "headline" || d.tokens[i].kind == "footnoteDefinition"
 	}
 	consumed, nodes := d.parseMany(i, stop)
diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index 1248c44..df7bade 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ func (d *Document) parseFootnoteReference(input string, start int) (int, Node) {
 		if definition != "" {
 			paragraph := Paragraph{[]Node{Line{d.parseInline(definition)}}}
 			link.Definition = &FootnoteDefinition{name, []Node{paragraph}, true}
+			d.Footnotes.add(name, link.Definition)
 		}
-		d.Footnotes.add(name, link.Definition)
 		return len(m[0]), link
 	}
 	return 0, nil
diff --git a/org/org.go b/org/org.go
index b28b176..1b3511d 100644
--- a/org/org.go
+++ b/org/org.go
@@ -148,8 +148,18 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) writeFootnotes(d *Document) {
 	}
 }
 
+func isEmptyLineParagraph(n Node) bool {
+	if p, _ := n.(Paragraph); len(p.Children) == 1 {
+		return len(p.Children[0].(Line).Children) == 0
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (w *OrgWriter) writeFootnoteDefinition(f FootnoteDefinition) {
-	w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[fn:%s] ", f.Name))
+	w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[fn:%s]", f.Name))
+	if !(len(f.Children) >= 1 && isEmptyLineParagraph(f.Children[0])) {
+		w.WriteString(" ")
+	}
 	w.writeNodes(f.Children...)
 }
 
diff --git a/org/testdata/example.html b/org/testdata/example.html
index a332be9..ea6c340 100644
--- a/org/testdata/example.html
+++ b/org/testdata/example.html
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ or <code>that</code> foo.
 </p>
 <h3><a href="https://github.com/chaseadamsio/goorgeous/issues/68">#68</a>: Quote block with inline markup</h3>
 <blockquote>
-<a href="www.example.com"><em>this</em> <strong>is</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">markup</span>!</a>
+<a href="https://www.example.com"><em>this</em> <strong>is</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">markup</span>!</a>
 </blockquote>
 <h3><a href="https://github.com/chaseadamsio/goorgeous/issues/77">#77</a>: Recognize <code class="verbatim">code</code>--- as code plus dash</h3>
 <h3><a href="https://github.com/chaseadamsio/goorgeous/issues/75">#75</a>: Not parsing nested lists correctly</h3>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ Bar paragraph
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p>
-normal footnote reference <sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup>
+normal footnote reference <sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup> <sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#footnote-6">6</a></sup>
 </p>
 </li>
 <li>
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ another unused footnote
 <div class="footnote-definition">
 <sup id="footnote-6">6</sup>
 <p>
-another unused footnote
+Footnotes break after two consecutive empty lines - just like paragraphs - see <a href="https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html.">https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html.</a>
+This shouldn&#39;t happen when the definition line and the line after that are empty.
 </p>
 </div>
 <div class="footnote-definition">
diff --git a/org/testdata/example.org b/org/testdata/example.org
index 7678caa..4f17d1a 100644
--- a/org/testdata/example.org
+++ b/org/testdata/example.org
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ either ~this~
 or ~that~ foo.
 *** DONE [[https://github.com/chaseadamsio/goorgeous/issues/68][#68]]: Quote block with inline markup
 #+BEGIN_QUOTE
-[[www.example.com][/this/ *is* _markup_!]]
+[[https://www.example.com][/this/ *is* _markup_!]]
 #+END_QUOTE
 
 *** DONE [[https://github.com/chaseadamsio/goorgeous/issues/77][#77]]: Recognize =code=--- as code plus dash
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Foo paragraph.
 **** Bar
 Bar paragraph
 ** Footnotes
-- normal footnote reference [fn:1]
+- normal footnote reference [fn:1] [fn:6]
 - further references to the same footnote should not [fn:1] render duplicates in the footnote list
 - inline footnotes are also supported via [fn:2:the inline footnote definition].
 
@@ -134,4 +134,7 @@ Bar paragraph
 
 [fn:5] another unused footnote
 
-[fn:6] another unused footnote
+[fn:6]
+
+Footnotes break after two consecutive empty lines - just like paragraphs - see https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html.
+This shouldn't happen when the definition line and the line after that are empty.