diff --git a/server/utils/turndown/index.ts b/server/utils/turndown/index.ts
index 990a17454..649129d5b 100644
--- a/server/utils/turndown/index.ts
+++ b/server/utils/turndown/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import inlineLink from "./inlineLink";
 import sanitizeLists from "./sanitizeLists";
 import sanitizeTables from "./sanitizeTables";
 import underlines from "./underlines";
+import { inHtmlContext } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * Turndown converts HTML to Markdown and is used in the importer code.
@@ -20,8 +21,10 @@ const service = new TurndownService({
   bulletListMarker: "-",
   headingStyle: "atx",
   codeBlockStyle: "fenced",
-  blankReplacement: (content, node) =>
-    node.nodeName === "P" ? "\n\n\\\n" : "",
+  blankReplacement: (_, node) =>
+    node.nodeName === "P" && !inHtmlContext(node as HTMLElement, "td, th")
+      ? "\n\n\\\n"
+      : "",
 })
   .remove(["script", "style", "title", "head"])
   .use(gfm)
diff --git a/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeLists.ts b/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeLists.ts
index d9dcc43f8..e68a3bdfd 100644
--- a/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeLists.ts
+++ b/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeLists.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import TurndownService from "turndown";
+import { inHtmlContext } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * A turndown plugin for removing incompatible nodes from lists.
@@ -6,20 +7,6 @@ import TurndownService from "turndown";
  * @param turndownService The TurndownService instance.
  */
 export default function sanitizeLists(turndownService: TurndownService) {
-  function inHtmlContext(node: HTMLElement, selector: string) {
-    let currentNode = node;
-    // start at the closest element
-    while (currentNode !== null && currentNode.nodeType !== 1) {
-      currentNode = (currentNode.parentElement ||
-        currentNode.parentNode) as HTMLElement;
-    }
-    return (
-      currentNode !== null &&
-      currentNode.nodeType === 1 &&
-      currentNode.closest(selector) !== null
-    );
-  }
-
   turndownService.addRule("headingsInLists", {
     filter(node) {
       return (
diff --git a/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeTables.ts b/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeTables.ts
index 70c86bf8d..8210a473a 100644
--- a/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeTables.ts
+++ b/server/utils/turndown/sanitizeTables.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import TurndownService from "turndown";
+import { inHtmlContext } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * A turndown plugin for removing incompatible nodes from tables.
@@ -6,20 +7,6 @@ import TurndownService from "turndown";
  * @param turndownService The TurndownService instance.
  */
 export default function sanitizeTables(turndownService: TurndownService) {
-  function inHtmlContext(node: HTMLElement, selector: string) {
-    let currentNode = node;
-    // start at the closest element
-    while (currentNode !== null && currentNode.nodeType !== 1) {
-      currentNode = (currentNode.parentElement ||
-        currentNode.parentNode) as HTMLElement;
-    }
-    return (
-      currentNode !== null &&
-      currentNode.nodeType === 1 &&
-      currentNode.closest(selector) !== null
-    );
-  }
-
   turndownService.addRule("headingsInTables", {
     filter(node) {
       return (
diff --git a/server/utils/turndown/utils.ts b/server/utils/turndown/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01deec9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/utils/turndown/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export function inHtmlContext(node: HTMLElement, selector: string) {
+  let currentNode = node;
+  // start at the closest element
+  while (currentNode !== null && currentNode.nodeType !== 1) {
+    currentNode = (currentNode.parentElement ||
+      currentNode.parentNode) as HTMLElement;
+  }
+  return (
+    currentNode !== null &&
+    currentNode.nodeType === 1 &&
+    currentNode.closest(selector) !== null
+  );
+}