diff --git a/sbapp/main.py b/sbapp/main.py
index 7bc46d4..ee5239a 100644
--- a/sbapp/main.py
+++ b/sbapp/main.py
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ class SidebandApp(MDApp):
 
     def md_to_bbcode(self, text):
         if not hasattr(self, "mdconv"):
-            from md2bbcode.main import process_readme as mdconv
+            from .md2bbcode.main import process_readme as mdconv
             self.mdconv = mdconv
         converted = self.mdconv(text)
         while converted.endswith("\n"):
diff --git a/sbapp/md2bbcode/main.py b/sbapp/md2bbcode/main.py
index 4cb1d1c..2897b25 100644
--- a/sbapp/md2bbcode/main.py
+++ b/sbapp/md2bbcode/main.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ from mistune.plugins.abbr import abbr
 from mistune.plugins.spoiler import spoiler
 
 # local
-from md2bbcode.plugins.merge_lists import merge_ordered_lists
-from md2bbcode.renderers.bbcode import BBCodeRenderer
-from md2bbcode.html2bbcode import process_html
+from .plugins.merge_lists import merge_ordered_lists
+from .renderers.bbcode import BBCodeRenderer
+from .html2bbcode import process_html
 
 def convert_markdown_to_bbcode(markdown_text, domain):
     # Create a Markdown parser instance using the custom BBCode renderer
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ def process_readme(markdown_text, domain=None, debug=False):
     # Convert Markdown to BBCode
     bbcode_text = convert_markdown_to_bbcode(markdown_text, domain)
 
-    # If debug mode, save intermediate BBCode
-    if debug:
-        with open('readme.1stpass', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:
-            file.write(bbcode_text)
-
     # Convert BBCode formatted as HTML to final BBCode
     final_bbcode = process_html(bbcode_text, debug, 'readme.finalpass')
 
diff --git a/sbapp/md2bbcode/renderers/bbcode.py b/sbapp/md2bbcode/renderers/bbcode.py
index 32e8b49..f8cf266 100644
--- a/sbapp/md2bbcode/renderers/bbcode.py
+++ b/sbapp/md2bbcode/renderers/bbcode.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class BBCodeRenderer(BaseRenderer):
                 return func(**attrs)
             else:
                 return func()
+        
         if attrs:
             return func(text, **attrs)
         else:
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class BBCodeRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         return '\n'
 
     def softbreak(self) -> str:
-        return ''
+        return '\n'
 
     def inline_html(self, html: str) -> str:
         if self._escape:
@@ -126,13 +127,24 @@ class BBCodeRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         return '[color=red][icode]' + text + '[/icode][/color]\n'
 
     def list(self, text: str, ordered: bool, **attrs) -> str:
-        # For ordered lists, always use [list=1] to get automatic sequential numbering
-        # For unordered lists, use [list]
-        tag = 'list=1' if ordered else 'list'
-        return '[{}]'.format(tag) + text + '[/list]\n'
+        depth = 0; sln = ""; tli = ""
+        if "depth" in attrs: depth = attrs["depth"]
+        if depth != 0: sln = "\n"
+        if depth == 0: tli = "\n"
+        def remove_empty_lines(text):
+            lines = text.split('\n')
+            non_empty_lines = [line for line in lines if line.strip() != '']
+            nli = ""; dlm = "\n"+"  "*depth
+            if depth != 0: nli = dlm
+            return nli+dlm.join(non_empty_lines)
+
+        text = remove_empty_lines(text)
+
+        return sln+text+"\n"+tli
+        # return '[{}]'.format(tag) + text + '[/list]\n'
 
     def list_item(self, text: str) -> str:
-        return '[*]' + text + '\n'
+        return '• ' + text + '\n'
     
     def strikethrough(self, text: str) -> str:
         return '[s]' + text + '[/s]'
@@ -209,7 +221,7 @@ class BBCodeRenderer(BaseRenderer):
 
     def task_list_item(self, text: str, checked: bool = False) -> str:
         # Using emojis to represent the checkbox
-        checkbox_emoji = '🗹' if checked else '☐'
+        checkbox_emoji = '󰱒' if checked else '󰄱'
         return checkbox_emoji + ' ' + text + '\n'
 
     def def_list(self, text: str) -> str: