diff --git a/demo/demo26.js b/demo/demo26.js
index 566c3ea419..e88469c48b 100644
--- a/demo/demo26.js
+++ b/demo/demo26.js
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ let paragraph = new docx.Paragraph("No border!");
 
 doc.addParagraph(paragraph);
 
-let borderParagraph = new docx.Paragraph("I have a border on all but one side!");
-console.log(borderParagraph.Borders);
+let borderParagraph = new docx.Paragraph("I have borders on my top and bottom sides!").createBorder();
 borderParagraph.Borders.addTopBorder();
 borderParagraph.Borders.addBottomBorder();
-borderParagraph.Borders.addLeftBorder();
-console.log(borderParagraph.Borders);
 
 doc.addParagraph(borderParagraph);
 
 let exporter = new docx.LocalPacker(doc);
-exporter.packPdf('My Document');
\ No newline at end of file
+exporter.pack('My Document');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts b/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts
index 5a07774024..f37854a3c7 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 import { Attributes, XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 
 class BorderProperty extends XmlComponent {
-    public setProperties(space: string, value: string, size: string): XmlComponent {
+    public setProperties(color: string, space: string, value: string, size: string): XmlComponent {
         const attrs = new Attributes({
+            color: color,
             space: space,
             val: value,
-            sz: size
+            sz: size,
         });
         this.root.push(attrs);
 
@@ -19,33 +20,33 @@ export class Border extends XmlComponent {
         super("w:pBdr");
     }
 
-    public addTopBorder(space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+    public addTopBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
         const top = new BorderProperty("w:top");
-        top.setProperties(space, value, size);
+        top.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
         this.root.push(top);
 
         return this;
     }
 
-    public addBottomBorder(space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+    public addBottomBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
         const bottom = new BorderProperty("w:bottom");
-        bottom.setProperties(space, value, size);
+        bottom.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
         this.root.push(bottom);
 
         return this;
     }
 
-    public addLeftBorder(space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+    public addLeftBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
         const left = new BorderProperty("w:left");
-        left.setProperties(space, value, size);
+        left.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
         this.root.push(left);
 
         return this;
     }
 
-    public addRightBorder(space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+    public addRightBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
         const right = new BorderProperty("w:right");
-        right.setProperties(space, value, size);
+        right.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
         this.root.push(right);
 
         return this;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export class ThematicBreak extends XmlComponent {
     constructor() {
         super("w:pBdr");
         const bottom = new BorderProperty("w:bottom");
+        bottom.setProperties("auto", "1", "single", "6");
         this.root.push(bottom);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
index e00fa6167c..2413769b1e 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,51 @@ describe("Paragraph", () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe("#paragraphBorders()", () => {
+        it("should add a left and right border to a paragraph", () => {
+            paragraph.createBorder();
+            paragraph.Borders.addLeftBorder();
+            paragraph.Borders.addRightBorder();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(paragraph);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:p": [
+                    {
+                        "w:pPr": [
+                            {
+                                "w:pBdr": [
+                                    {
+                                        "w:left": [
+                                            {
+                                                _attr: {
+                                                    "w:color": "auto",
+                                                    "w:space": "1",
+                                                    "w:sz": "6",
+                                                    "w:val": "single",
+                                                },
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                    },
+                                    {
+                                        "w:right": [
+                                            {
+                                                _attr: {
+                                                    "w:color": "auto",
+                                                    "w:space": "1",
+                                                    "w:sz": "6",
+                                                    "w:val": "single",
+                                                },
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                    },
+                                ],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("#pageBreak()", () => {
         it("should add page break to JSON", () => {
             paragraph.pageBreak();
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts
index 45693f3cf5..70b8ea9064 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 
 import { Alignment } from "./formatting/alignment";
 import { Bidirectional } from "./formatting/bidirectional";
-import { ThematicBreak, Border } from "./formatting/border";
+import { Border, ThematicBreak } from "./formatting/border";
 import { Indent } from "./formatting/indent";
 import { KeepLines, KeepNext } from "./formatting/keep";
 import { PageBreak, PageBreakBefore } from "./formatting/page-break";
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ export class Paragraph extends XmlComponent {
         return this.properties.paragraphBorder;
     }
 
+    public createBorder(): Paragraph {
+        this.properties.createBorder();
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public addRun(run: Run): Paragraph {
         this.root.push(run);
         return this;
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
index a006c40d27..5f0c651246 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import { Border } from "./formatting/border";
 
 export class ParagraphProperties extends XmlComponent {
     public paragraphBorder: Border;
-    
+
     constructor() {
         super("w:pPr");
         this.paragraphBorder = new Border();
+    }
+
+    public createBorder(): void {
         this.push(this.paragraphBorder);
     }