diff --git a/dist/inlineMarkdownEditor.js b/dist/inlineMarkdownEditor.js
index 4c77bce..8f97435 100644
--- a/dist/inlineMarkdownEditor.js
+++ b/dist/inlineMarkdownEditor.js
@@ -10227,6 +10227,28 @@ module.exports = function defaultMarkdown(element) {
 }
 
 },{"megamark":91}],96:[function(require,module,exports){
+// split by double-newline, but preserve HTML blocks as single sections:
+module.exports = function divideIntoSections(content) {
+  var sections = [];
+  content = content.replace(/[\n]{2,}/g, "\n\n"); // manage double newlines (not sure exactly?)
+  chunkArray = content.replace(/(<(.+).*>.+<\/\2>)/g,"@@@@@@$1").split(/@@@@@@|\n\n/);
+
+  chunkArray = chunkArray.filter(function (x) {
+    return (x !== undefined && x !== '' && x.match(/\S/) !== null); // probably overzealous filtering of "empty" sections
+  });
+
+  chunkArray.forEach(function(chunk) {
+    if (chunk.match(/<\w>/)) {
+      sections.push(chunk); // it's an HTML chunk
+    } else {
+      sections = sections.concat(chunk.split("\n\n")); // split by double newline and add
+    }
+  });
+
+  return sections;
+}
+
+},{}],97:[function(require,module,exports){
 inlineMarkdownEditor = function inlineMarkdownEditor(o) {
   o.defaultMarkdown = o.defaultMarkdown || require('./defaultMarkdown.js');
   o.buildSectionForm = o.buildSectionForm || require('./buildSectionForm.js');
@@ -10239,7 +10261,8 @@ inlineMarkdownEditor = function inlineMarkdownEditor(o) {
   o.originalMarkdown = el.html();
   o.preProcessor = o.preProcessor || function(m) { return m; }
   // split by double-newline:
-  var sections = o.originalMarkdown.replace(/[\n]{2,}/g, "\n\n").split("\n\n");
+  o.divideIntoSections = o.divideIntoSections || require('./divideIntoSections.js');
+  var sections = o.divideIntoSections(o.originalMarkdown);
   var editableSections = [];
   // we also do this inside processSection, but independently track here:
   sections.forEach(function forEachSection(section, index) {
@@ -10258,7 +10281,7 @@ inlineMarkdownEditor = function inlineMarkdownEditor(o) {
 }
 module.exports = inlineMarkdownEditor;
 
-},{"./buildSectionForm.js":94,"./defaultMarkdown.js":95,"./insertEditLink.js":97,"./isEditable.js":98,"./onComplete.js":99,"./onFail.js":100,"./processSections.js":102}],97:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{"./buildSectionForm.js":94,"./defaultMarkdown.js":95,"./divideIntoSections.js":96,"./insertEditLink.js":98,"./isEditable.js":99,"./onComplete.js":100,"./onFail.js":101,"./processSections.js":103}],98:[function(require,module,exports){
 module.exports = function insertEditLink(uniqueId, el, form, onEdit, editor, o) {
   var editBtns = "";
   editBtns += "<span class='inline-edit-btns inline-edit-btns-" + uniqueId + "'>";
@@ -10283,11 +10306,11 @@ module.exports = function insertEditLink(uniqueId, el, form, onEdit, editor, o)
   });
 }
 
-},{}],98:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{}],99:[function(require,module,exports){
 module.exports = function isEditable(markdown, originalMarkdown) {
   originalMarkdown = originalMarkdown || markdown; // optional parameter for checking against original complete text
   // filter? Only p,h1-5,ul?
-  var editable = markdown.match(/</) === null; // has tags; exclueds HTML
+  var editable = markdown.match(/</) === null; // has tags; excludes HTML
   editable = editable && markdown.match(/\*\*\*\*/) === null; // no horizontal rules: ****
   editable = editable && markdown.match(/\-\-\-\-/) === null; // no horizontal rules: ----
   editable = editable && markdown !== ''; // no blanks
@@ -10296,7 +10319,7 @@ module.exports = function isEditable(markdown, originalMarkdown) {
   return editable;
 } 
 
-},{}],99:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{}],100:[function(require,module,exports){
 module.exports = function onComplete(response, markdown, html, el, uniqueId, form, o) {
   var message = form.find('.section-message');
   if (response === 200) {
@@ -10314,13 +10337,13 @@ module.exports = function onComplete(response, markdown, html, el, uniqueId, for
   }
 }
 
-},{}],100:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{}],101:[function(require,module,exports){
 module.exports = function onFail(response, uniqueId) {
   var message = $('#' + uniqueId + ' .section-message');
   message.html('There was an error -- the wiki page may have changed while you were editing; save your content in the clipboard and try refreshing the page.');
 }
 
-},{}],101:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{}],102:[function(require,module,exports){
 module.exports = function processSection(markdown, o) {
   var html,
       randomNum   = parseInt(Math.random() * 10000),
@@ -10353,6 +10376,7 @@ module.exports = function processSection(markdown, o) {
           // insert rich editor
           var editorOptions = o.editorOptions || {};
           editorOptions.textarea = $('#' + uniqueId + ' textarea')[0];
+          editorOptions.tagsModule = (editorOptions.tagsModule === true); // disable this to not require Bloodhound, unless overridden
           editor = new PL.Editor(editorOptions);
         }
         _form.find('.cancel').click(function inlineEditCancelClick(e) {
@@ -10380,8 +10404,12 @@ module.exports = function processSection(markdown, o) {
         after: after // encodeURI(after)
       })
       .done(function onComplete(result, success, xhr) {
-        // we should need fewer things here:
-        o.onComplete(xhr.status, after, html, _el, uniqueId, __form, o);
+        if (result == "false") {
+          o.onFail(result, uniqueId);
+        } else {
+          // we should need fewer things here:
+          o.onComplete(xhr.status, after, html, _el, uniqueId, __form, o);
+        }
       }).fail(function onFail(response) {
         o.onFail(response, uniqueId);
       }); // these don't work?
@@ -10391,7 +10419,7 @@ module.exports = function processSection(markdown, o) {
   }
 }
 
-},{}],102:[function(require,module,exports){
+},{}],103:[function(require,module,exports){
 module.exports = function processSections(sections, o) {
   sections.forEach(function(markdown) {
     processSection = require('./processSection.js');
@@ -10399,4 +10427,4 @@ module.exports = function processSections(sections, o) {
   });
 }
 
-},{"./processSection.js":101}]},{},[96]);
+},{"./processSection.js":102}]},{},[97]);
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 21d5bd2..402eeba 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <title>inline-markdown-editor</title>
 
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#000"/>
     <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF8">
 
     <link href="../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
@@ -40,7 +41,15 @@ <h3>
 * this
 * is
 * a
-* list</div>
+* list
+
+<p>
+  <input type="text" />
+</p>
+
+(above, raw HTML blocks should be undisturbed)
+
+</div>
 
     <script>
 
diff --git a/examples/style.css b/examples/style.css
index 5e28b0f..5977eaa 100644
--- a/examples/style.css
+++ b/examples/style.css
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 }
 
 body {
-  padding: 20px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   max-width: 700px;
   background: #f8f8fa;
diff --git a/examples/wysiwyg.html b/examples/wysiwyg.html
index 9e1133f..b7be041 100644
--- a/examples/wysiwyg.html
+++ b/examples/wysiwyg.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <title>inline-markdown-editor</title>
 
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#000"/>
     <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF8">
 
     <link href="../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 35afdbc..3a1d887 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "inline-markdown-editor",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -55,29 +55,29 @@
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+      "version": "1.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn-node/-/acorn-node-1.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XhahLSsCB6X6CJbe+uNu3Mn9sJBNFxtBN9NLgAOQovfS6Kh0lDUtmlclhjn9CvEK7A7YyRU13PXlNcpSiLI9Yw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "acorn": "^6.0.2",
+        "acorn": "^6.1.1",
         "acorn-dynamic-import": "^4.0.0",
-        "acorn-walk": "^6.1.0",
+        "acorn-walk": "^6.1.1",
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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-6.0.5.tgz",
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+          "version": "6.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn/-/acorn-6.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-8oe72N3WPMjA+2zVG71Ia0nXZ8DpQH+QyyHO+p06jT8eg8FGG3FbcUIi8KziHlAfheJQZeoqbvq1mQSQHXKYLw==",
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+      "version": "6.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/acorn-walk/-/acorn-walk-6.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7evsyfH1cLOCdAzZAd43Cic04yKydNx0cF+7tiA19p1XnLLPU4dpCQOqpjqwokFe//vS0QqfqqjCS2JkiIs0cA==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bootstrap/-/bootstrap-3.4.1.tgz",
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+      "version": "16.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/browserify/-/browserify-16.3.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dash-ast/-/dash-ast-1.0.0.tgz",
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+    },
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+    "define-properties": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/define-properties/-/define-properties-1.1.3.tgz",
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+      }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/detective/-/detective-5.2.0.tgz",
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+        "acorn-node": "^1.6.1",
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@@ -1422,9 +1430,9 @@
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@@ -1475,6 +1483,29 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-abstract/-/es-abstract-1.13.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vDZfg/ykNxQVwup/8E1BZhVzFfBxs9NqMzGcvIJrqg5k2/5Za2bWo40dK2J1pgLngZ7c+Shh8lwYtLGyrwPutg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "es-to-primitive": "^1.2.0",
+        "function-bind": "^1.1.1",
+        "has": "^1.0.3",
+        "is-callable": "^1.1.4",
+        "is-regex": "^1.0.4",
+        "object-keys": "^1.0.12"
+      }
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+    "es-to-primitive": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-to-primitive/-/es-to-primitive-1.2.0.tgz",
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+        "is-date-object": "^1.0.1",
+        "is-symbol": "^1.0.2"
+      }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escodegen/-/escodegen-1.11.1.tgz",
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-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-yIovAzMX49sF8Yl58fSCWJ5svSLuaibPxXQJFLmBObTuCr0Mf1KiPopGM9NiFjiYBCbfaa2Fh6breQ6ANVTI0A=="
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parse-headers/-/parse-headers-2.0.2.tgz",
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-        "trim": "0.0.1"
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/publiclab-editor/-/publiclab-editor-2.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-IQrGNqDFsigoSChDzTf3AbWQDFHk6URpWZP7VIbzVFgvUfTsJ6dbTshlyBn0qSR6PVbh6/aFI9S9rYq0/cGxzQ==",
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@@ -4899,9 +4923,9 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-CIQ5OFxf4Jou6uOKe9t1AOgqpeU5fd70A8NPdHSGeYXqXsPe6peOwI0cUl88RWZ6sP1vPMV3avd/R6cZ5/sP1A==",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/randombytes/-/randombytes-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vYl3iOX+4CKUWuxGi9Ukhie6fsqXqS9FE2Zaic4tNFD2N2QQaXOMFbuKK4QmDHC0JO6B1Zp41J0LpT0oR68amQ==",
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@@ -5912,9 +5936,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stream-splicer/-/stream-splicer-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-G2O+Q4oTPktnHMGTUZdgAXWRDYM=",
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stream-splicer/-/stream-splicer-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Xizh4/NPuYSyAXyT7g8IvdJ9HJpxIGL9PjyhtywCZvvP0OPIdqyrr4dMikeuvY8xahpdKEBlBTySe583totajg==",
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@@ -5932,6 +5956,16 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-q6Nt4I3O5qWjN9SbLqHaGyj8Ds8="
     },
+    "string.prototype.trim": {
+      "version": "1.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string.prototype.trim/-/string.prototype.trim-1.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-0E3iyJ4Tf019IG8Ia17S+ua+jOo=",
+      "requires": {
+        "define-properties": "^1.1.2",
+        "es-abstract": "^1.5.0",
+        "function-bind": "^1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
     "string_decoder": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -6167,11 +6201,6 @@
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-    "trim": {
-      "version": "0.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/trim/-/trim-0.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-WFhUf2spB1fulczMZm+1AITEYN0="
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/trim-newlines/-/trim-newlines-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -6245,12 +6274,13 @@
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     },
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-      "version": "1.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undeclared-identifiers/-/undeclared-identifiers-1.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-13EaeocO4edF/3JKime9rD7oB6QI8llAGhgn5fKOPyfkJbRb6NFv9pYV6dFEmpa4uRjKeBqLZP8GpuzqHlKDMQ==",
+      "version": "1.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undeclared-identifiers/-/undeclared-identifiers-1.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pJOW4nxjlmfwKApE4zvxLScM/njmwj/DiUBv7EabwE4O8kRUy+HIwxQtZLBPll/jx1LJyBcqNfB3/cpv9EZwOw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "acorn-node": "^1.3.0",
+        "dash-ast": "^1.0.0",
         "get-assigned-identifiers": "^1.2.0",
         "simple-concat": "^1.0.0",
         "xtend": "^4.0.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5dfcb73..521abbb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "inline-markdown-editor",
-  "version": "0.3.3",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "An inline wysiwyg markdown document editor based on replacing string subsections. WYSIWYG possible via woofmark.",
   "main": "dist/inlineMarkdownEditor.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "publiclab-editor": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "browserify": "16.2.3",
+    "browserify": "16.3.0",
     "grunt": "^1.0.3",
     "grunt-browserify": "^5.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/editor_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/editor_spec.js
index 332e9dc..f92f962 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/editor_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/editor_spec.js
@@ -32,23 +32,21 @@ describe("Editor", function() {
   });
 
   it("generates the right number of sections", function() {
-    expect(editor.sections.length).toBe(8);
-    expect($('.inline-section').length).toBe(8);
-    expect(editor.sections[0]).toBe('');
+    expect(editor.sections.length).toBe(6);
+    expect($('.inline-section').length).toBe(6);
+    expect(editor.sections[0]).toBe('### Hello, World');
     expect(editor.editableSections.length).toBe(5);
     expect($('.inline-edit-form').length).toBe(5);
     expect($('.inline-edit-form textarea').length).toBe(5);
   });
 
   it("correctly splits up sections", function() {
-    expect(editor.sections[0]).toBe("");
-    expect(editor.sections[1]).toBe("### Hello, World");
-    expect(editor.sections[2]).toBe("This is a paragraph.");
-    expect(editor.sections[3]).toBe("* this\n* is\n* a\n* list");
-    expect(editor.sections[4]).toBe("****");
-    expect(editor.sections[5]).toBe("### Hello again, World");
-    expect(editor.sections[6]).toBe("### Hello finally");
-    expect(editor.sections[7]).toBe("");
+    expect(editor.sections[0]).toBe("### Hello, World");
+    expect(editor.sections[1]).toBe("This is a paragraph.");
+    expect(editor.sections[2]).toBe("* this\n* is\n* a\n* list");
+    expect(editor.sections[3]).toBe("****");
+    expect(editor.sections[4]).toBe("### Hello again, World");
+    expect(editor.sections[5]).toBe("### Hello finally");
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/error_handling_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/error_handling_spec.js
index b86b671..464f4e8 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/error_handling_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/error_handling_spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 describe('error handling by onFail', function () {
-  
+
   var editor, html = "A simple text line";
 
   beforeEach(function() {
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ describe('error handling by onFail', function () {
       replaceUrl: '/wiki/replace/',
       selector: '.markdown'
     });
+    jasmine.Ajax.install();
   });
 
-  it("should call onFail", function(){
-    jasmine.Ajax.install();
+  afterEach(function() {
+    jasmine.Ajax.uninstall();
+  });
 
+  it("should call onFail", function(){
     spyOn(editor.options, "onComplete");
     spyOn(editor.options, "onFail");
 
@@ -30,5 +33,25 @@ describe('error handling by onFail', function () {
     expect(editor.options.onComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(editor.options.onFail).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  // we are seeing response of "false" when plots2 fails to perform a replacement; adjusting here to read that as a failure
+  it("should correctly report 'false' string response as a failure, even with 200 response code", function(){
+    spyOn(editor.options, "onComplete");
+    spyOn(editor.options, "onFail");
+
+    spyOn($, "post").and.callFake(function(options) {
+      //here options is /wiki/replace/  
+      var d = $.Deferred();
+      d.resolve("false"); 
+      return d.promise();
+    });
+  
+    $('.inline-edit-btn').click(); // generate editor by clicking the pencil icon
+    $('.inline-edit-form button.submit').click(); //click the save button in that form to send the post request
+
+    // here, because of src/processSection.js#61, onFail should be called from within onComplete when it detects a response of "false"
+    expect(editor.options.onComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(editor.options.onFail).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
   
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/replacement_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/replacement_spec.js
index 380c43c..93537d9 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/replacement_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/replacement_spec.js
@@ -11,6 +11,26 @@ describe("Replacement functions", function() {
     expect($('.inline-edit-form textarea').length).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  it("it correctly splits up mixed HTML and markdown into sections", function(done) {
+    fixture = loadFixtures('index.html');
+    var html = "<div>lala</div>\n\nhey<table class='hey'><p><table></table></p></table>\n\n## Markdown\n\n<p>Hi there</p>\n\n* One\n* Two\n\n<table class='hey'><p><table></table></p></table>\n\nSo <p></p> shouldn't match\n\nAnd `<p></p>` shouldn't match either";
+    // note that <table>s here are improperly nested but we still want to treat them as a section
+
+    $('.markdown').html(html);
+
+    var editor = inlineMarkdownEditor({
+      replaceUrl: '/wiki/replace/',
+      selector: '.markdown'
+    });
+
+    // ok, but now so 'hey' is split from the html.
+
+    expect(editor.sections.length).toBe(9);
+    expect($('.inline-section').toArray().length).toBe(9);
+    expect($('.inline-edit-btn').toArray().length).toBe(2); // two should be editable
+    done();
+  });
+
   it("sends exactly matching original text and 'before' parameters", function(done) {
     fixture = loadFixtures('index.html');
     var html     = "## Headings [with](/links)";
diff --git a/src/divideIntoSections.js b/src/divideIntoSections.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee8f0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/divideIntoSections.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// split by double-newline, but preserve HTML blocks as single sections:
+module.exports = function divideIntoSections(content) {
+  var sections = [];
+  content = content.replace(/[\n]{2,}/g, "\n\n"); // manage double newlines (not sure exactly?)
+  chunkArray = content.replace(/(<(.+).*>.+<\/\2>)/g,"@@@@@@$1").split(/@@@@@@|\n\n/);
+
+  chunkArray = chunkArray.filter(function (x) {
+    return (x !== undefined && x !== '' && x.match(/\S/) !== null); // probably overzealous filtering of "empty" sections
+  });
+
+  chunkArray.forEach(function(chunk) {
+    if (chunk.match(/<\w>/)) {
+      sections.push(chunk); // it's an HTML chunk
+    } else {
+      sections = sections.concat(chunk.split("\n\n")); // split by double newline and add
+    }
+  });
+
+  return sections;
+}
diff --git a/src/inlineMarkdownEditor.js b/src/inlineMarkdownEditor.js
index 6ce8131..9594891 100644
--- a/src/inlineMarkdownEditor.js
+++ b/src/inlineMarkdownEditor.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ inlineMarkdownEditor = function inlineMarkdownEditor(o) {
   o.originalMarkdown = el.html();
   o.preProcessor = o.preProcessor || function(m) { return m; }
   // split by double-newline:
-  var sections = o.originalMarkdown.replace(/[\n]{2,}/g, "\n\n").split("\n\n");
+  o.divideIntoSections = o.divideIntoSections || require('./divideIntoSections.js');
+  var sections = o.divideIntoSections(o.originalMarkdown);
   var editableSections = [];
   // we also do this inside processSection, but independently track here:
   sections.forEach(function forEachSection(section, index) {
diff --git a/src/isEditable.js b/src/isEditable.js
index 6f0e7a9..354b98c 100644
--- a/src/isEditable.js
+++ b/src/isEditable.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function isEditable(markdown, originalMarkdown) {
   originalMarkdown = originalMarkdown || markdown; // optional parameter for checking against original complete text
   // filter? Only p,h1-5,ul?
-  var editable = markdown.match(/</) === null; // has tags; exclueds HTML
+  var editable = markdown.match(/</) === null; // has tags; excludes HTML
   editable = editable && markdown.match(/\*\*\*\*/) === null; // no horizontal rules: ****
   editable = editable && markdown.match(/\-\-\-\-/) === null; // no horizontal rules: ----
   editable = editable && markdown !== ''; // no blanks
diff --git a/src/processSection.js b/src/processSection.js
index 2ccc887..1895794 100644
--- a/src/processSection.js
+++ b/src/processSection.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module.exports = function processSection(markdown, o) {
           // insert rich editor
           var editorOptions = o.editorOptions || {};
           editorOptions.textarea = $('#' + uniqueId + ' textarea')[0];
+          editorOptions.tagsModule = (editorOptions.tagsModule === true); // disable this to not require Bloodhound, unless overridden
           editor = new PL.Editor(editorOptions);
         }
         _form.find('.cancel').click(function inlineEditCancelClick(e) {
@@ -57,8 +58,12 @@ module.exports = function processSection(markdown, o) {
         after: after // encodeURI(after)
       })
       .done(function onComplete(result, success, xhr) {
-        // we should need fewer things here:
-        o.onComplete(xhr.status, after, html, _el, uniqueId, __form, o);
+        if (result == "false") {
+          o.onFail(result, uniqueId);
+        } else {
+          // we should need fewer things here:
+          o.onComplete(xhr.status, after, html, _el, uniqueId, __form, o);
+        }
       }).fail(function onFail(response) {
         o.onFail(response, uniqueId);
       }); // these don't work?