diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac4eb55..38c066c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ pell.init({
   // Use the output html, triggered by element's `oninput` event
   onChange: html => console.log(html),
 
+  // <string>, optional, default = 'div'
+  // Instructs the editor which element to inject via the return key
+  defaultParagraphSeparator: 'div',
+
   // <boolean>, optional, default = false
   // Outputs <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> instead of <b></b>
   styleWithCSS: false,
@@ -195,6 +199,7 @@ const editor = pell.init({
     document.getElementById('text-output').innerHTML = html
     document.getElementById('html-output').textContent = html
   },
+  defaultParagraphSeparator: 'p',
   styleWithCSS: true,
   actions: [
     'bold',
diff --git a/demo.html b/demo.html
index 31870c5..86f49f8 100644
--- a/demo.html
+++ b/demo.html
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ <h3>HTML output:</h3>
 
       var editor = window.pell.init({
         element: document.getElementById('pell'),
+        defaultParagraphSeparator: 'p',
         styleWithCSS: false,
         onChange: function (html) {
           document.getElementById('text-output').innerHTML = html
diff --git a/src/pell.js b/src/pell.js
index e256a80..ccd2584 100644
--- a/src/pell.js
+++ b/src/pell.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ export const init = settings => {
     actionbar.appendChild(button)
   })
 
+  if (settings.defaultParagraphSeparator) exec('defaultParagraphSeparator', settings.defaultParagraphSeparator)
   if (settings.styleWithCSS) exec('styleWithCSS')
 
   return settings.element