diff --git a/src/somajo/alignment.py b/src/somajo/alignment.py
index ac6c83d..2243d77 100644
--- a/src/somajo/alignment.py
+++ b/src/somajo/alignment.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ def token_offsets(token_list, raw, position, xml_input, tokens):
     offsets = [(align_to_starts[s], align_to_ends[e - 1]) for s, e in offsets]
     if xml_input:
         offsets = [(align_to_entities[s][0], align_to_entities[e - 1][1]) for s, e in offsets]
+    offsets = [(s + position, e + position) for s, e in offsets]
     return offsets
 
 
diff --git a/src/somajo/utils.py b/src/somajo/utils.py
index 2d65db4..87f3040 100644
--- a/src/somajo/utils.py
+++ b/src/somajo/utils.py
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@ def get_paragraphs_str(fh, paragraph_separator="empty_lines"):
     elif paragraph_separator == "empty_lines":
         paragraph = []
         for line in fh:
+            paragraph.append(line)
             if line.strip() == "":
                 if len(paragraph) > 0:
                     paragraph_text = "".join(paragraph)
                     yield paragraph_text, position
                     paragraph = []
                     position += len(paragraph_text)
-            else:
-                paragraph.append(line)
         if len(paragraph) > 0:
             yield "".join(paragraph), position