diff --git a/src/bootstrap-wysihtml5.js b/src/bootstrap-wysihtml5.js
index 77d9095..c01e345 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-wysihtml5.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap-wysihtml5.js
@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@
                     }
                 },
                 "span": 1,
-                "div": 1
+                "div": 1,
+                // to allow save and edit files with code tag hacks
+                "code": 1,
+                "pre": 1
             }
         },
         stylesheets: ["./lib/css/wysiwyg-color.css"], // (path_to_project/lib/css/wysiwyg-color.css)