diff --git a/src/engine/output.js b/src/engine/output.js
index e9c1ee1..7256d11 100644
--- a/src/engine/output.js
+++ b/src/engine/output.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ export default class Output {
 
     say(string) {
         const node = document.createElement("p");
-        node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(string));
+        string.split("\n").forEach((line) => {
+            node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(line));
+            node.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
+        });
         this.history.appendChild(node);
         // this.tts.speak(string);
     }
diff --git a/src/game/rooms/start.js b/src/game/rooms/start.js
index 6682aef..2371417 100644
--- a/src/game/rooms/start.js
+++ b/src/game/rooms/start.js
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import RoomBuilder from '../../engine/builders/room';
 export default new RoomBuilder()
 .withID("start")
 .withTitle("The starting room")
-.withFirstDescription("You set foot in your very first room")
+.withFirstDescription(`
+You set foot in your very first ever room.
+You're not quite sure what you were supposed to expect, but it definitely wasn't this.
+I mean who would expect a boring old room like this one? Ugh.
+Just... make it stop. Please.
+`)
 .withDescription("The first room. Nothing special about it.")
 .withExit("north", "tunnel_1")
 .withEnterCallback(async function(context) {