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diff --git a/src/showdown.js b/src/showdown.js
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--- a/src/showdown.js
+++ b/src/showdown.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ showdown.Converter = function (converterOptions) {
 
   converterOptions = converterOptions || {};
 
-  var options = globalOptions,
+  var options = {},
       langExtensions = [],
       outputModifiers = [],
       parserOrder = [
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ showdown.Converter = function (converterOptions) {
         'unescapeSpecialChars'
       ];
 
+  for (var gOpt in globalOptions) {
+    if (globalOptions.hasOwnProperty(gOpt)) {
+      options[gOpt] = globalOptions[gOpt];
+    }
+  }
+
   // Merge options
   if (typeof converterOptions === 'object') {
     for (var opt in converterOptions) {