diff --git a/apps/builder/src/assets/styles/plate.css b/apps/builder/src/assets/styles/plate.css
index 784a9a241..72845f86f 100644
--- a/apps/builder/src/assets/styles/plate.css
+++ b/apps/builder/src/assets/styles/plate.css
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 .slate-inline-code {
-  background-color: #805ad5;
+  background-color: #a1a1aa;
   color: white;
   padding: 0.125rem 0.25rem;
   border-radius: 0.35rem;
+  font-size: small;
 }
 
 .slate-variable {
diff --git a/packages/bot-engine/parseBubbleBlock.ts b/packages/bot-engine/parseBubbleBlock.ts
index 7eef39c81..207187b7e 100644
--- a/packages/bot-engine/parseBubbleBlock.ts
+++ b/packages/bot-engine/parseBubbleBlock.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,26 @@ const applyElementStyleToDescendants = (
   })
 
 const convertMarkdownToRichText = (text: string): TDescendant[] => {
+  const spacesBefore = text.match(/^[\s]+/)
+  const spacesAfter = text.match(/[\s]+$/)
   const plugins = [createDeserializeMdPlugin()]
-  return deserializeMd(createPlateEditor({ plugins }) as unknown as any, text)
+  return [
+    ...(spacesBefore?.at(0)
+      ? [
+          {
+            type: 'p',
+            text: spacesBefore.at(0),
+          },
+        ]
+      : []),
+    ...deserializeMd(createPlateEditor({ plugins }) as unknown as any, text),
+    ...(spacesAfter?.at(0)
+      ? [
+          {
+            type: 'p',
+            text: spacesAfter.at(0),
+          },
+        ]
+      : []),
+  ]
 }