diff --git a/test/e2e/scenarios.coffee b/test/e2e/scenarios.coffee
index f6d267c..3518810 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scenarios.coffee
+++ b/test/e2e/scenarios.coffee
@@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ describe 'module contenteditable', ->
         expect(element('#input').html()).toBe 'a <span style="color:red">red</span> b'
         expect(element('#input span').html()).toBe 'red'
         expect(element('#output').html()).toBe 'a &lt;span style="color:red"&gt;red&lt;/span&gt; b'
+
+      it 'setting the model with some pure text should dispaly <br> instead of newlines \\n', ->
+        input('unformatted').enter('#h1\n\n##h2\n###h3');
+        expect(element('#output-unformatted').html()).toBe '#h1<br><br>##h2<br>###h3'
+
+      it 'putting some unformatted text with <br>s in the html should replace them with newlines', ->
+
+        element('#output-unformatted').html('#h1<br><br>##h2<br>###h3');
+        expect(input('unformatted').val()).toBe('#h1\n\n##h2\n###h3');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/simple.html b/test/fixtures/simple.html
index 1b3d0bf..277314c 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/simple.html
+++ b/test/fixtures/simple.html
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
       <hr>
       <label>Contenteditable without Model</label>
       <div contenteditable>Edit me - I don't affect anything</div>
+      <hr>
+      <label>Model has pure text</label>
+      <br>
+      <textarea id="input-unformatted" ng-model="unformatted"></textarea>
+      <div id="output-unformatted" contenteditable="true" ng-model="unformatted" unformatted-text="true"></div>
     </div>
   </body>
 </html>