diff --git a/coursebuilder/__main__.py b/coursebuilder/__main__.py
index 68e96f2..e91f791 100644
--- a/coursebuilder/__main__.py
+++ b/coursebuilder/__main__.py
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ class MarkdownGenerator:
 
             # row head
             h =  textwrap.wrap(k, h_len, break_long_words=False)
-            wrapper = textwrap.TextWrapper(d_len)
+            wrapper = textwrap.TextWrapper(d_len,break_long_words=True,replace_whitespace=False)
 
             # split test to wrap lines into correct length
             t = [wrapper.wrap(line) for line in v.split('\n')]
 
+
             # replace empty arrays from split with a empty string
             t = list(map(lambda e: [""] if e == [] else e, t))
 
diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f6bb50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Inhalt                               Test
+------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Modulinhalte                         1. Section One                                                                               
+                                     2. Section Two                                                                               
+                                       1. Section Two Sub One                                                                     
+                                       2. Section Two Sub Two                                                                     
+                                       3. Section Two Sub Three                                                                   
+                                       4. Section Two Sub Four                                                                    
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/test/simple/mod.test.yaml b/test/simple/mod.test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5bb6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple/mod.test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+name:
+  en: Test Course
+
+
+#
+# nested lists seem to work in Markdown only in the US style way
+#
+# reference here: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/85474/how-to-write-nested-numbered-lists
+#
+# note the parser actually corrects 'Tervuren' to 3 in resulting data
+#
+
+content:
+  en: |
+    1. Dog
+
+        1. German Shepherd
+
+        2. Belgian Shepherd
+
+            1. Malinois
+
+            2. Groenendael
+
+            4. Tervuren 
+
+    2. Cat
+
+        1. Siberian
+
+        2. Siamese
+