Leave CKEditor empty.

I have slowly but surely been getting CKEditor to act as I like. The one requirement is to use <br /> instead of <p>. I have this working.

My problem now is, I can not seem to leave an empty value. If I empty the editor and submit, it will return with a <br /> tag inside. Is there any way to allow for an empty (no value) editor?

This causes huge problems as the user enters content into these boxes, and many of them are optional so having <br /> inserted causes layout issues.

Is there any way to get around this. Your help will be appreciated.

Craig