diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php
index 9de9efeef..b85a98064 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Markdown/ParsedownGravTrait.php
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ trait ParsedownGravTrait
         $this->base_url = rtrim(self::getGrav()['base_url'] . self::getGrav()['pages']->base(), '/');
         $this->pages_dir = self::getGrav()['locator']->findResource('page://');
         $this->special_chars = array('>' => 'gt', '<' => 'lt', '"' => 'quot');
+
+        $defaults = self::getGrav()['config']->get('system.pages.markdown');
+
+        $this->setBreaksEnabled($defaults['auto_line_breaks']);
+        $this->setUrlsLinked($defaults['auto_url_links']);
+        $this->setMarkupEscaped($defaults['escape_markup']);
+        $this->setSpecialChars($defaults['special_chars']);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index ceec85e2e..4d6c6169c 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -449,11 +449,6 @@ class Page
             $parsedown = new Parsedown($this);
         }
 
-        $parsedown->setBreaksEnabled($defaults['auto_line_breaks']);
-        $parsedown->setUrlsLinked($defaults['auto_url_links']);
-        $parsedown->setMarkupEscaped($defaults['escape_markup']);
-        $parsedown->setSpecialChars($defaults['special_chars']);
-
         $this->content = $parsedown->text($this->content);
     }
 
@@ -947,7 +942,6 @@ class Page
 
         // if not metadata yet, process it.
         if (null === $this->metadata) {
-
             $header_tag_http_equivs = ['content-type', 'default-style', 'refresh'];
             $this->metadata = array();
             $page_header = $this->header;