diff --git a/src/parse.cpp b/src/parse.cpp
index b6b09b6..0dc8d59 100644
--- a/src/parse.cpp
+++ b/src/parse.cpp
@@ -155,10 +155,9 @@ std::vector<string> parse_website(const string &xml)
                 str = std::regex_replace(str, recdata1, "");
                 str = std::regex_replace(str, recdata2, "");
                 str = std::regex_replace(str, restrip, "");
-                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\r"), "");               // remove \r
-                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\n +\\n"), "\n\n");      // remove space between newlines
-                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\n{3,}"), "\n\n");       // remove excess newlines
-                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\n[ \t]+\\n"), "");      // remove nothing
+                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\r"), "");           // remove \r
+                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\n[ \t]+\\n"), "");  // remove whitespace between newlines
+                str = std::regex_replace(str, std::regex("\\n{3,}"), "\n\n");   // remove excess newlines
 
                 for (const string &hashtag : watchwords)
                 {