diff --git a/runtime/autoload/tohtml.vim b/runtime/autoload/tohtml.vim
index c189b18..c24d6ff 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/tohtml.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/tohtml.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Vim autoload file for the tohtml plugin.
 " Maintainer: Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic@gmail.com>
-" Last Change: 2010 Aug 06
+" Last Change: 2010 Aug 12
 "
 " Additional contributors:
 "
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
   let xml_line = ""
   let tag_close = '>'
 
+  let s:old_paste = &paste
+  set paste
+  let s:old_magic = &magic
+  set magic
+
   if s:settings.use_xhtml
     if s:settings.encoding != ""
       let xml_line = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"" . s:settings.encoding . "\"?>"
@@ -250,6 +255,9 @@
 	    \ ])
     endif
   endif
+
+  let &paste = s:old_paste
+  let &magic = s:old_magic
 endfunc
 
 " Gets a single user option and sets it in the passed-in Dict, or gives it the