diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/text.rs b/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/text.rs
index 003963867..befeda729 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/text.rs
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/text.rs
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ mod test {
             closing_double_quote: DoubleQuote
             closing_single_quotes:
         "###);
-        // issue: https://github.com/candy-lang/candy/issues/1016
-        assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(text("\"\n    text\n\"", 0), @r###"
+        // https://github.com/candy-lang/candy/issues/1016
+        assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(text("\"\n  foo\n    bar\n\"", 0), @r###"
         Remaining input: ""
         Parsed: Text:
           opening: TrailingWhitespace:
@@ -305,18 +305,22 @@ mod test {
             whitespace:
               Newline "\n"
               Whitespace "  "
-              Whitespace "  "
           parts:
+            TextPart "foo"
             TrailingWhitespace:
-              child: TextPart "text"
+              child: TextNewline "\n"
+              whitespace:
+                Whitespace "  "
+            TrailingWhitespace:
+              child: TextPart "  bar"
               whitespace:
                 Newline "\n"
           closing: ClosingText:
             closing_double_quote: DoubleQuote
             closing_single_quotes:
         "###);
-        // https://github.com/candy-lang/candy/issues/1016
-        assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(text("\"\n  foo\n    bar\n\"", 0), @r###"
+        // issue: https://github.com/candy-lang/candy/issues/1016
+        assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(text("\"\n    text\n\"", 0), @r###"
         Remaining input: ""
         Parsed: Text:
           opening: TrailingWhitespace:
@@ -327,21 +331,14 @@ mod test {
               Newline "\n"
               Whitespace "  "
           parts:
-            TextPart "foo"
-            TrailingWhitespace:
-              child: TextNewline "\n"
-              whitespace:
-                Whitespace "  "
-                Whitespace "  "
             TrailingWhitespace:
-              child: TextPart "bar"
+              child: TextPart "  text"
               whitespace:
                 Newline "\n"
           closing: ClosingText:
             closing_double_quote: DoubleQuote
             closing_single_quotes:
         "###);
-
         assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(text("\"  foobar  \"", 0), @r###"
         Remaining input: ""
         Parsed: Text:
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/whitespace.rs b/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/whitespace.rs
index 31814c095..ee2dc2619 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/whitespace.rs
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/string_to_rcst/whitespace.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ pub fn whitespaces_and_newlines(
             new_parts.push(newline);
             is_sufficiently_indented = false;
         }
-
         if let Some((new_new_input, whitespace)) = leading_indentation(new_input, indentation) {
             new_input = new_new_input;
             new_parts.push(whitespace);
@@ -149,7 +148,8 @@ pub fn whitespaces_and_newlines(
             input = new_input;
             parts.append(&mut new_parts);
             is_sufficiently_indented = true;
-        } else if let Some((new_new_input, whitespace)) = single_line_whitespace(new_input) {
+        }
+        if let Some((new_new_input, whitespace)) = single_line_whitespace(new_input) {
             new_input = new_new_input;
             new_parts.push(whitespace);
         }
@@ -231,16 +231,18 @@ mod test {
         assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(
             whitespaces_and_newlines("\n  foo", 0, true),
             @r###"
-        Remaining input: "  foo"
+        Remaining input: "foo"
         Parsed: Newline "\n"
+        Whitespace "  "
         "###
         );
         assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(
             whitespaces_and_newlines(" \n  foo", 0, true),
             @r###"
-        Remaining input: "  foo"
+        Remaining input: "foo"
         Parsed: Whitespace " "
         Newline "\n"
+        Whitespace "  "
         "###
         );
         assert_rich_ir_snapshot!(