diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5840e4d..9eecea3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 node-rtf
 ========
 
-An RTF document creation library for node. Based on my old ActionScript3 implementation which has more documentation at http://code.google.com/p/rtflex/. 
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+An RTF document creation library for node. Forked from https://github.com/jrowny/node-rtf
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diff --git a/lib/elements/group.js b/lib/elements/group.js
index eaf093a..77e8d75 100644
--- a/lib/elements/group.js
+++ b/lib/elements/group.js
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ module.exports = GroupElement = function(name, format) {
   Element.apply(this, [format]);
   this.elements = [];
   this.name = name;
+  this.format = format;
+
+  if(this.format && this.format.align) {
+    this.format.makeParagraph = true;
+  }
 };
 
 GroupElement.subclass(Element);
@@ -18,6 +23,8 @@ GroupElement.prototype.addElement = function(element){
 GroupElement.prototype.getRTFCode = function(colorTable, fontTable, callback){
   var tasks = [];
   var rtf = "";
+  var self = this; // Store reference to 'this' so that it can be used in the async.parallel function
+
   this.elements.forEach(function(el, i) {
     if (el instanceof Element){
         tasks.push(function(cb) { el.getRTFCode(colorTable, fontTable, cb); });
@@ -30,8 +37,10 @@ GroupElement.prototype.getRTFCode = function(colorTable, fontTable, callback){
     results.forEach(function(result) {
         rtf += result;
     });
+    
     //formats the whole group
-    rtf = format.formatText(rtf, colorTable, fontTable, false);
+    rtf = self.format.formatText(rtf, colorTable, fontTable, false); // Use 'self' instead of 'this'
+    
     return callback(null, rtf);
   });
 };
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diff --git a/lib/format.js b/lib/format.js
index e5965d3..2d0f35c 100644
--- a/lib/format.js
+++ b/lib/format.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Format.prototype.formatText = function(text, colorTable, fontTable, safeText){
     //Add one because color 0 is null
     if(this.colorPos !== undefined && this.colorPos>=0) rtf+="\\cf" + (this.colorPos).toString();
     if(this.fontSize >0) rtf += "\\fs" + (this.fontSize*2).toString();
-    if(this.align.length > 0) rtf += align;
+    if(this.align.length > 0) rtf += this.align;
     if(this.leftIndent>0) rtf += "\\li" + (this.leftIndent*20).toString();
     if(this.rightIndent>0) rtf += "\\ri" + this.rightIndent.toString();
 
diff --git a/lib/rtf-utils.js b/lib/rtf-utils.js
index 4d4af2d..c45418a 100644
--- a/lib/rtf-utils.js
+++ b/lib/rtf-utils.js
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ function  getRTFSafeText(text){
              .replaceAll('{','\\{')
              .replaceAll('}','\\}')
              .replaceAll('~','\\~')
-             .replaceAll('-','\\-')
-             .replaceAll('_','\\_')
              //turns line breaks into \line commands
              .replaceAll('\n\r',' \\line ')
              .replaceAll('\n',' \\line ')
diff --git a/lib/rtf.js b/lib/rtf.js
index acf396e..7df21eb 100644
--- a/lib/rtf.js
+++ b/lib/rtf.js
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ RTF.prototype.addTab = function (groupName) {
   this.addCommand("\\tab", groupName);
 };
 
+//par shortcut
+/* Ends the current paragraph and starts a new one. This includes resetting paragraph-level formatting like alignment, indentation, and other paragraph-specific settings. */
+RTF.prototype.addPar = function (groupName) {
+  this.addCommand("\\par", groupName);
+};
+
 
 //gets the index of a group
 //TODO: make this more private by removing it from prototype and passing elements
diff --git a/node-rtf.code-workspace b/node-rtf.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..876a149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-rtf.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": "."
+		}
+	],
+	"settings": {}
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f1ad69f..d62549e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { 
-  "name" : "rtf",
-  "version" : "0.0.4",
+  "name" : "@happy-doc/rtf",
+  "version" : "0.0.1",
   "description" : "Assists with creating rich text documents.",
   "main" : "./lib/rtf.js",
-  "author" : "Jonathan Rowny",
+  "author" : "HappyDoc",
   "repository" : {
     "type" : "git",
-    "url" : "https://github.com/jrowny/node-rtf.git"
+    "url" : "https://github.com/happy-doc/node-rtf.git"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "rtf",