diff --git a/src/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.service.js b/src/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.service.js
index 80482c9aed..d8f5ecb867 100644
--- a/src/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.service.js
+++ b/src/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.service.js
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
  * @return {(string|{ text: string })[]} processed html in form of a list.
  */
 export const convertHtmlToLines = (html) => {
-  const handledTags = new Set(['p', 'br', 'div'])
-  const openCloseTags = new Set(['p', 'div'])
+  const ignoredTags = new Set(['code', 'blockquote'])
+  const handledTags = new Set(['p', 'br', 'div', 'pre', 'code', 'blockquote'])
+  const openCloseTags = new Set(['p', 'div', 'pre', 'code', 'blockquote'])
 
   let buffer = [] // Current output buffer
   const level = [] // How deep we are in tags and which tags were there
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export const convertHtmlToLines = (html) => {
   }
 
   const flush = () => { // Processes current line buffer, adds it to output buffer and clears line buffer
-    if (textBuffer.trim().length > 0) {
+    if (textBuffer.trim().length > 0 && !level.some(l => ignoredTags.has(l))) {
       buffer.push({ text: textBuffer })
     } else {
       buffer.push(textBuffer)
@@ -48,14 +49,14 @@ export const convertHtmlToLines = (html) => {
   const handleOpen = (tag) => { // handles opening tags
     flush()
     buffer.push(tag)
-    level.push(tag)
+    level.unshift(getTagName(tag))
   }
 
   const handleClose = (tag) => { // handles closing tags
     flush()
     buffer.push(tag)
-    if (level[level.length - 1] === tag) {
-      level.pop()
+    if (level[0] === getTagName(tag)) {
+      level.shift()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.spec.js
index 82cb4170ee..532ea187b0 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.spec.js
@@ -126,5 +126,30 @@ describe('TinyPostHTMLProcessor', () => {
       const comparableResult = result.map(mapOnlyText(processorReplace)).join('')
       expect(comparableResult).to.eql(output)
     })
+
+    it('Testing handling ignored blocks', () => {
+      const input = `
+      <pre><code>&gt; rei = &quot;0&quot;
+      &#39;0&#39;
+      &gt; rei == 0
+      true
+      &gt; rei == null
+      false</code></pre><blockquote>That, christian-like JS diagram but it’s evangelion instead.</blockquote>
+      `
+      const result = convertHtmlToLines(input)
+      const comparableResult = result.map(mapOnlyText(processorReplace)).join('')
+      expect(comparableResult).to.eql(input)
+    })
+    it('Testing handling ignored blocks 2', () => {
+      const input = `
+      <blockquote>An SSL error has happened.</blockquote><p>Shakespeare</p>
+      `
+      const output = `
+      <blockquote>An SSL error has happened.</blockquote><p>_</p>
+      `
+      const result = convertHtmlToLines(input)
+      const comparableResult = result.map(mapOnlyText(processorReplace)).join('')
+      expect(comparableResult).to.eql(output)
+    })
   })
 })