diff --git a/js/plugins/reference_footnotes/plugin.js b/js/plugins/reference_footnotes/plugin.js
index 41f2e90..f14aa11 100644
--- a/js/plugins/reference_footnotes/plugin.js
+++ b/js/plugins/reference_footnotes/plugin.js
@@ -26,8 +26,22 @@
 
                 );
             },
+            beforeInit: function( editor )
+            {
+                // Adapt some critical editor configuration for better support
+                // of BBCode environment.
+                var config = editor.config;
+                CKEDITOR.tools.extend( config,
+                    {
+                        enterMode : CKEDITOR.ENTER_BR,
+                        basicEntities: false,
+                        entities : false,
+                        fillEmptyBlocks : false
+                    }, true );
+            },
             init: function( editor )
             {
+
                 editor.addCommand('createreferencefootnotes', new CKEDITOR.dialogCommand('createreferencefootnotes', {
                     allowedContent: 'fn[value]'
                 }));