diff --git a/baselement.go b/baselement.go
index c299934..90d337b 100644
--- a/baselement.go
+++ b/baselement.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type BaseElement struct {
 	Style  StyleType
 }
 
-func (e *BaseElement) renderText(w io.Writer, rules *ElementStyle, s string) {
+func renderText(w io.Writer, rules *ElementStyle, s string) {
 	out := aurora.Reset(s)
 	if rules.Color != "" {
 		i, err := strconv.Atoi(rules.Color)
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ func (e *BaseElement) Render(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, tr *TermRenderer) error
 	}
 
 	if rules.Prefix != "" {
-		e.renderText(w, rules, rules.Prefix)
+		renderText(w, rules, rules.Prefix)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if rules.Suffix != "" {
-			e.renderText(w, rules, rules.Suffix)
+			renderText(w, rules, rules.Suffix)
 		}
 	}()
 
-	e.renderText(w, rules, e.Token)
+	renderText(w, rules, e.Token)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/document.go b/document.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a9014c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/document.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package gold
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	bf "gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v2"
+)
+
+type DocumentElement struct {
+}
+
+func (e *DocumentElement) Render(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, tr *TermRenderer) error {
+	rules := tr.style[Document]
+	if rules != nil {
+		if rules.Prefix != "" {
+			renderText(w, rules, rules.Prefix)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e *DocumentElement) Finish(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, tr *TermRenderer) error {
+	var indent uint
+	suffix := ""
+	rules := tr.style[Document]
+	if rules != nil {
+		indent = rules.Indent
+		suffix = rules.Suffix
+	}
+
+	iw := &IndentWriter{
+		Indent:  indent,
+		Forward: w,
+	}
+
+	_, err := iw.Write(tr.document.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tr.document.Reset()
+
+	if suffix != "" {
+		renderText(iw, rules, suffix)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/elements.go b/elements.go
index 34069bd..d1429a7 100644
--- a/elements.go
+++ b/elements.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ type Element struct {
 func (tr *TermRenderer) NewElement(node *bf.Node) Element {
 	switch node.Type {
 	case bf.Document:
+		de := &DocumentElement{}
 		return Element{
-			Renderer: &BaseElement{
-				Style: Document,
-			},
+			Renderer: de,
+			Finisher: de,
 		}
 	case bf.BlockQuote:
 		return Element{
diff --git a/gold.go b/gold.go
index 6a61f07..3597919 100644
--- a/gold.go
+++ b/gold.go
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ type TermRenderer struct {
 	WordWrap int
 
 	style     map[StyleType]*ElementStyle
-	table     TableElement
+	document  bytes.Buffer
 	paragraph *bytes.Buffer
+	table     TableElement
 }
 
 func Render(in string, stylePath string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ func (tr *TermRenderer) RenderBytes(in []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 func (tr *TermRenderer) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, entering bool) bf.WalkStatus {
+	writeTo := io.Writer(&tr.document)
+
 	if isChild(node) {
 		return bf.GoToNext
 	}
@@ -92,10 +95,9 @@ func (tr *TermRenderer) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, entering bool) bf
 	e := tr.NewElement(node)
 	if entering {
 		if e.Entering != "" {
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(e.Entering))
+			_, _ = tr.document.Write([]byte(e.Entering))
 		}
 
-		writeTo := w
 		if node.Type == bf.Paragraph {
 			tr.paragraph = &bytes.Buffer{}
 		}
@@ -111,8 +113,12 @@ func (tr *TermRenderer) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, entering bool) bf
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
+		if node.Type == bf.Document {
+			writeTo = w
+		}
+
 		if e.Finisher != nil {
-			err := e.Finisher.Finish(w, node, tr)
+			err := e.Finisher.Finish(writeTo, node, tr)
 			if err != nil {
 				fmt.Println(err)
 				return bf.Terminate
@@ -120,11 +126,10 @@ func (tr *TermRenderer) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, entering bool) bf
 		}
 
 		if node.Type == bf.Paragraph {
-			_, _ = w.Write(tr.paragraph.Bytes())
 			tr.paragraph = nil
 		}
 		if e.Exiting != "" {
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(e.Exiting))
+			_, _ = tr.document.Write([]byte(e.Exiting))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/paragraph.go b/paragraph.go
index 931aeb9..a45e153 100644
--- a/paragraph.go
+++ b/paragraph.go
@@ -16,20 +16,31 @@ func (e *ParagraphElement) Render(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, tr *TermRenderer)
 		pre = ""
 	}
 
-	el := &BaseElement{
-		Prefix: pre,
-		Token:  string(node.Literal),
-		Style:  Paragraph,
+	rules := tr.style[Paragraph]
+	if rules == nil {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(pre))
+	} else {
+		renderText(w, rules, pre)
+
+		if rules.Prefix != "" {
+			renderText(w, rules, rules.Prefix)
+		}
 	}
-	return el.Render(w, node, tr)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (e *ParagraphElement) Finish(w io.Writer, node *bf.Node, tr *TermRenderer) error {
 	var indent uint
+	suffix := ""
 	rules := tr.style[Paragraph]
 	if rules != nil {
 		indent = rules.Indent
+		suffix = rules.Suffix
 	}
+	if suffix != "" {
+		renderText(tr.paragraph, rules, suffix)
+	}
+
 	iw := &IndentWriter{
 		Indent:  indent,
 		Forward: w,