diff --git a/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx b/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx
index 1df83e1..caaf5c3 100644
--- a/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx
+++ b/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ test('should render plain text with simple Class Component', () => {
   expect((render(<TestComponent />) as string).trim()).toBe('abcd');
 });
 
+test('should render paragraph with plain text', () => {
+  expect((render(<p>abcd</p>) as string).trim()).toBe('abcd');
+});
+
 test('should render plain h1 with text', () => {
   expect((render(<h1>abcd</h1>) as string).trim()).toBe('# abcd');
 });
diff --git a/src/tagHandler.ts b/src/tagHandler.ts
index 83c964c..3c721e9 100644
--- a/src/tagHandler.ts
+++ b/src/tagHandler.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   link,
   list,
   listItem,
+  paragraph,
   strong,
 } from 'mdast-builder';
 import { AnchorHTMLAttributes, ImgHTMLAttributes } from 'react';
@@ -24,6 +25,13 @@ export default function handleTag(
   let newParentASTNode: MDASTParent | undefined;
 
   switch (tagType) {
+    // START - Handle paragraph
+    case 'p': {
+      newParentASTNode = childASTNode = paragraph();
+      break;
+    }
+    // END - Handle paragraph
+
     // START - Handle all headings
     case 'h1':
       newParentASTNode = childASTNode = heading(1);