diff --git a/packages/core/src/Editor.ts b/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
index 30b5081d..0c64ba10 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import { EditorState, Plugin, Transaction } from 'prosemirror-state'
 import { EditorView } from 'prosemirror-view'
-import {
-  Schema,
-  DOMParser,
-  ParseOptions,
-  Node,
-} from 'prosemirror-model'
+import { Schema, DOMParser, Node } from 'prosemirror-model'
 import magicMethods from './utils/magicMethods'
 import elementFromString from './utils/elementFromString'
 import nodeIsActive from './utils/nodeIsActive'
@@ -55,6 +50,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter {
     extensions: [],
     autofocus: false,
     editable: true,
+    parseOptions: {},
     onInit: () => null,
     onUpdate: () => null,
     onTransaction: () => null,
@@ -265,7 +261,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter {
   /**
    * Creates a ProseMirror document.
    */
-  public createDocument = (content: EditorContent, parseOptions: ParseOptions = {}): Node => {
+  public createDocument = (content: EditorContent, parseOptions = this.options.parseOptions): Node => {
     if (content && typeof content === 'object') {
       try {
         return this.schema.nodeFromJSON(content)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index d9b6afeb..77999e19 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Node as ProseMirrorNode } from 'prosemirror-model'
+import { Node as ProseMirrorNode, ParseOptions } from 'prosemirror-model'
 import { EditorView, Decoration, NodeView } from 'prosemirror-view'
 import { EditorState, Transaction } from 'prosemirror-state'
 import { Extension } from './Extension'
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface EditorOptions {
   injectCSS: boolean,
   autofocus: FocusPosition,
   editable: boolean,
+  parseOptions: ParseOptions,
   onInit: () => void,
   onUpdate: () => void,
   onTransaction: (props: { transaction: Transaction }) => void,