diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 2e27f1be2..8d4867799 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 import {
     force_pygmalion_formatting,
     collapse_newlines,
+    collapseNewlines,
 } from "./scripts/power-user.js";
 
 import { debounce, delay } from "./scripts/utils.js";
@@ -1336,6 +1337,10 @@ async function Generate(type, automatic_trigger) {//encode("dsfs").length
             }
             finalPromt = worldInfoBefore + storyString + worldInfoAfter + extension_prompt + mesExmString + mesSendString + generatedPromtCache + promptBias;
             finalPromt = finalPromt.replace(/\r/gm, '');
+
+            if (collapse_newlines) {
+                finalPromt = collapseNewlines(finalPromt);
+            }
             //console.log('final prompt decided');
 
             //if we aren't using the kobold GUI settings...
@@ -1493,7 +1498,7 @@ async function Generate(type, automatic_trigger) {//encode("dsfs").length
                         }
 
                         if (collapse_newlines) {
-                            getMessage = getMessage.replaceAll(/\n+/g, "\n");
+                            getMessage = collapseNewlines(getMessage);
                         }
 
                         //Pygmalion run again													// to make it continue generating so long as it's under max_amount and hasn't signaled
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index 3b40ab778..60f461745 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export {
+    collapseNewlines,
     collapse_newlines,
     force_pygmalion_formatting,
 };
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ const storage_keys = {
     force_pygmalion_formatting: "TavernAI_force_pygmalion_formatting",
 };
 
+function collapseNewlines(x) {
+    return x.replaceAll(/\n+/g, "\n");
+}
+
 function loadPowerUserSettings() {
     collapse_newlines = localStorage.getItem(storage_keys.collapse_newlines) == "true";
     force_pygmalion_formatting = localStorage.getItem(storage_keys.force_pygmalion_formatting) == "true";
diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 99de526c6..b3d7e3098 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ body {
     text-align: right;
 }
 
+.mes_text br {
+    content: ' ';
+}
+
 .mes_bias {
     display: block;
     font-size: 0.9rem;