diff --git a/static/css/scrumli.css b/static/css/scrumli.css
index 7399c15..ef4c151 100644
--- a/static/css/scrumli.css
+++ b/static/css/scrumli.css
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ button.nothing {
     background-color: inherit;
     border: none;
 }
+
+div.normalText {
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
diff --git a/static/js/main.js b/static/js/main.js
index b6c36f9..28a1d00 100644
--- a/static/js/main.js
+++ b/static/js/main.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ var StoryData = React.createClass({
             return (<div>
                       <h1>{this.state.data.title}</h1>
                       Assignee: {this.state.data.assignee}
-                      <div class="well">
+                      <div class="well normalText">
                         {this.state.data.content}
                       </div>
                       <StoryTaskTable tasks={this.state.data.tasks || []}