diff --git a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/core/SimpleBlockNodeVisitor.java b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/core/SimpleBlockNodeVisitor.java
index 1cc2fa02..e42d11ec 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/core/SimpleBlockNodeVisitor.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/core/SimpleBlockNodeVisitor.java
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ public class SimpleBlockNodeVisitor implements MarkwonVisitor.NodeVisitor<Node>
     @Override
     public void visit(@NonNull MarkwonVisitor visitor, @NonNull Node node) {
 
+        // @since 3.0.1-SNAPSHOT we keep track of start in order to apply spans (optionally)
+        final int length = visitor.length();
+
         visitor.ensureNewLine();
 
         visitor.visitChildren(node);
 
+        // @since 3.0.1-SNAPSHOT we apply optional spans
+        visitor.setSpansForNodeOptional(node, length);
+
         if (visitor.hasNext(node)) {
             visitor.ensureNewLine();
             visitor.forceNewLine();